This was either poorly written, or dumbed down for Americans who don't know about the metric system.

I had more than a few problems with this book.

First, Craig is supposed to run a good enough PI agency that he gets bought out by Private. The first crime that happens, he disturbs evidence. That's not something a good investigator would do.

The temperatures were given in degrees Fahrenheit, instead of Celsius. Distances were called out in yards and feet and miles instead of meters. They described the suspect in terms of feet and pounds instead of meters and kilograms. And the wife of the Deputy Police Commissioner and sister of a Private investigator would not be allowed to maintain her daily ritual of running alone on the beach while a murderer was targeting women who fit her profile. It just wouldn't happen.

Too much of this story was unbelievable. And I still don't know why Justine was there to "help" them open the new Private office. She played a very minor role in this. The Sydney office seemed to be running fine already before she got there.