Outstanding
I've read several of Robotham's books, and I think this is one of his very best. His characters have real depth and the circumstances of the crimes are entirely believable. Joe O'Laughlin is an extraordinary invention, a lead character whose frailties make him much more heroic than a steel jawed cliche of a detective-he has only his intelligence to rely on, and so much to lose. I don't write book report reviews, and the publisher has outlined the plot. Let it suffice to say that MR's writing is full of intelligence, dark humor and energy. One of the very best.

