JK Rowling's murder mystery series is starting to resemble her Happy Potter series in at least one aspect. While the first three books of the series grew incrementally longer and more intricate in plot, the fourth book exploded into something that could actually be used as a weapon if necessary.
If you are a murder mystery fan who likes character driven books, this is a great series. Rowling is probably suffering from a lack of proper editing, but Strike and Robin continue to grow into people that the reader feels like they know. They are characters who come across as knowable, and who I like, despite some very irritating qualities.
The book weaves and winds in and out and around both a current mystery as well as a few hidden secrets. We know who we want to be guilty, but it isn't until the end that the exact nature of the crime emerges and the reasons for it all may be the weakest part of the book, but it is a good read, easy in the way that Rowling's other books are to read, they suck you in and while they are heavy to lift, you don't want them to end either.
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