THE ENDING – now that was certainly an unexpected plot twist!
Otherwise -Dejavue all over again – the affair with subordinate coworker, the work conflict with someone not nearly as skilled as Jane (sorry, wrong story) the addiction, and so on. The mystery itself is different but the majority of the subplots are justv TOO FAMILIAR (albeit “tweaked”) for fans of Linda LaPlante.
Wyer’s series is subpar (as most modern mysteries would be) when compared with LaPlante’s epic Jane Tennison series. Reading this book I kept scratching my head in a “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” sort of a way, confused that perhaps I had already read this novel (although I had just purchased it).
Although imitation is supposedly the highest form of flattery, in this case stick with the original masterpiece and read (or in my case re-read) and/or watch (ditto re-watch) the delightful Helen Mitten play Jane Tennison in LaPlante’s flawless Prime Suspect series (watch it free with Amazon Prime).