The third book in Simon Mason’s crime series about the DIs Wilkins is a bit slower going than the previous ones.
Ryan’s and Ray’s very different personalities keep clashing, and their private lives as well as their battles to balance it with their jobs distracts us from the case at hand. The case itself as well as his detectives provide Mason once more with the opportunity to focus on social and political issues. Towards the end he picks up speed again and surprises us with unforeseen twists and turns.
Masons books continue to fascinate and captivate me: his protagonists, the realistic descriptions, the setting, and how he shifts our attention to aspects that matter to him.
