So I received an ARC for this novel a while back and did not get around to reading it until now (thanks a ton Netgalley!) and the first thing that I noticed is that if you didn't read the novel right before this, you are at a huge disadvantage when trying to understand the story when the book begins. Sometimes you can pick up an installment of a series and it reads like a standalone novel, but this is one where you really need the prior novels for this one to make sense. 

That being said, once I got past the first portion of the story, things did start to make more sense, and this novel progressed in the usual crime/thriller trajectory: uncovering the mystery killer (and in this case, trying to prove if DI Grace is innocent of her crimes). The structure of this novel was a big bother for me though, as the chapters were very, very short, and the story felt really "choppy". The constantly shifting perspectives of the chapters made it hard for me to keep track of some of the story at times and I think this novel would have really benefitted from longer, more "sustained" chapters to allow the story to really develop in parts. 

Not the best crime thriller I've ever read, but the story was at least engrossing at times.