Another underwhelming delivery by M.J. Arlidge. I have one more book in the series and I hope that one will be better, when I eventually get around to it.

In "the Doll's House" DI Helen Grace is faced with an abductor who keeps his victims' families believing they are still alive with tweets and messages. The girls he takes all have black hair, blue eyes and the tattoo of a bluebird on their shoulders. Helen's boss is less than pleased by all the attention her employee is receiving and is doing little to ease the investigation.

Helen was a little more appealing in this book than in "Pop goes the weasel", but she is still quite aloof and not my cup of tea. Not that I wanted her trapped by her boss from hell, of course. The killer's motive was poorly explained and the ending came abruptly. All in all, this is a passable crime novel, but the series has little to distinguish it from all the rest in this genre.