I was worried about being disappointed by this book since I was going back to the beginning of a series that I’d already read the latest entries in it. From the way that Sam looks back in the later books to things that happened in this one I did know a bit more than I was supposed to do about the goings on but for the most part it worked out ok. Henderson foreshadows what is going to happen in this book on the first page and so the book wasn’t spoilt by any means. If anything I think it was probably nice to read this book with a nice glow of nostalgia about it.

On the whole I was very pleased with the book, it didn’t have any rickety first novel creaks about it and stands up well to the standard in the later books. It looks like Henderson knew what she was up to from the off.

I’m definitely looking forward to reading Too Many Blondes now and then my series will be complete and I’ll have to wait for more books. Hopefully the reissue of these first books in the series is a promotion to garner interest in the series before a new release. That’s what I’m choosing to believe anyway!

(Oh and what was the cover artist on? there’s a woman in a convertible on the cover and Sam has a Ford Escort van which is about as far from a convertible as you can get!)