I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

I have really enjoyed the previous novels in this series, but found this one a little disappointing. On the plus side, after a slow beginning, the plot moved fast, and I thought the author did a good job of keeping the reader guessing about the identity of the murderer. On the other hand, when his identity was revealed it was something of an anticlimax, and his motivation and method hard to comprehend.

I wonder if part of my dissatisfaction with the story was its setting in Spain. We were supposed to believe that not only did a murder which took place abroad 10 years ago have a team of four British detectives still working on it, but also that these detectives would be permitted to carry out an almost unsupervised cold case investigation in Spain. Heroine Maggie's instant attraction to George, the brother of the victim, read like a bad romance novel and Maggie's actions with regard to George were wildly out of character to the extent that they threw me out of the story, especially as he had little personality and what there was of it was creepy. Maggie also acted without regard to her own safety or presumably to protocol at the very end, but this fortunately worked out for her.

In previous books I have found Maggie likeable and relatable, but this one didn't work for me. (There were also a few places where entire lines of text were missing, but I am assuming this will be corrected before publication).