3.5 stars. Had some surprising twists in the story, but I became buried trying to remember all the characters. All comes together in the end though.

Something about Chris Mooney's writing makes me unable to put the book down, he manages to create so much tension that my heart is always pounding when I read them. I am yet to give any of his books a 5* rating as there is always something I don't like in the plot but I would recommend his books to all fans of crime and thrillers.

I was wavering between two and three stars for this book, I opted for the higher of the two because for the most part this book I enjoyed reading it, but... there were quite a few bits that I struggled with.

The twists near the end, and there are two major ones, are very good. I never saw either of them coming (in hindsight one of them perhaps I should have been considering but the other I still think is one hell of a blindsider). Our lead character is interesting, though she did seem very good at everything she did - she rarely put a foot wrong and there wasn't that much human emotion from her. This definitely reads as one book in a series though so perhaps this entry just didn't focus on that aspect...

The problem I had with the book was that there was a lot of characters introduced, some with multiple aliases in a very short period of time and I did struggle keeping them straight in my head. I imagine re-reading this, when you know who the main players are would make keeping track of the people easier as you could ignore the superfluous people (as you would already know who they are!)

A bit more graphic than I prefer, but a good, solid story, well paced and always exciting.