Adrenaline floods the page ... A novel as exciting and rich as any Ms. Mina has written ... Both a tightly wound thriller and a sharp portrait of the British upper class ... Claudia is complex and convincing ... Each murder motive is revealed with impeccable timing ... Ms. Mina’s descriptions transfigure the familiar...and powerfully evoke a widow’s sense of the world as 'a giant, aching vacuum of lost wonders.'
Mina...will keep readers in suspense as she weaves a complex web of personal and professional relationships with gruesome crime-scene details and high-stakes life choices. Mystery fans will love this.
Suspenseful ... Taut and twisty ... Effectively interrogates notions of principles, power, privilege and protection as much as it does the crime itself ... Readers are likely to clamor for such a sequel, so they can see for themselves the consequences for Claudia and spend more time in the company of this smart, morally complicated protagonist.
A shocking but satisfying ending caps off this taut tale of murder among the privileged ... Mina has long been adept at suspenseful pacing and at creating flawed but engaging characters.
Outstanding ... Mina builds nerve-shredding suspense by toggling back and forth between the moments before Claudia’s speech and key pieces of the investigation. Here’s hoping a sequel is in the works.
