A. J. Cross

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

I hope this will receive further editing before publication, because there were a quite a few places where it read as if something had been missed out. I was a bit disappointed with the plot too, which consisted of the police investigating the death 6 months ago of a woman whose doctor had certified she died of natural causes, on the basis of a very brief anonymous letter. Of course it turned out that she had been murdered, but do the police really have the resources to spare for something so tenuous?

I didn't find the killer's methods were explained in such a way that I could really understand, and I wasn't entirely clear on the killer's motivation for everything. What happened to Jess was surely entirely unnecessary and asking for trouble. The killer's refusal to come clean and give a full explanation at the end was also unsatisfactory. I have a lot of unanswered questions, but it would be spoiler-y to raise them.

I did think Jess' decision at the end was a wise one though.… (más)