My enthusiasm for this series is waning a little. I’ve got a bit fed up with the way that DS Kathy Kolla throws herself into danger at the end of every book, it’s in character but it’s over the top. In this book Kathy is still recovering from the events of the end of the last book so she’s a bit less sure of herself and it’s actually DCI David Brock who walks into a stupid situation near the end. I’d say that he has more logical reasons to do so than Kathy usually does but it still needles me and the high drama that results is all a bit silly.

There’s a lot of good and interesting stuff in this book, mostly to do with the plot that concerns itself with religious fundamentalists, there are some good relationships portrayed, Kathy’s love life actually seems realistic for once, but there were more than enough bits of the book that had me rolling my eyes as people acted in not quite believable ways. On the whole I did enjoy reading it but I’m not sure that it’s going to stick with me and it won’t be a favourite.