A home becomes a raging inferno, two bodies are found in the wreckage. Victims of the fire? An autopsy proves that at least one of the victims was murdered and Detective Temeke is called in to investigate. The obvious place to begin the investigation is with Flynn McCann, the owner of the home, but he seems an unlikely murderer, from all appearances, he loved his wife, and now everything he owns has been destroyed. Both Temeke and McCann want answers, but will they arrive at the same ones? Plenty of twists kept this solid police procedural interesting and entertaining until the last page

REALLY gripping. Great continuation in a series that reminds me of Camilla Lackberg in its twisty psychological thriller aspect but with the flavour of its New Mexico setting. Nicely balances the locker-room talk and relationships among the police, with the murder story. The author's bio shows she's attached to the PD and that shows in her knowledge of police procedure.

Thank you Net Galley. This was a pleasant surprise. I discovered a very enjoyable new author and a new series. A very interesting thriller with psychological underpinnings. I liked the characters and the background that the author has developed. Definitely going to be reading the previous books and any future ones.

This is a detective series that blends all the great elements- suspense, tension, pace and rich characters to a perfect mix. Set in Albuquerque, it has a magnetic loner detective at its helm who is English in a modern wild west (a bit like Idris Elba if he showed up in Justified). His assistant, Malin has her own problems that make for a dynamic relationship of two detectives who can think outside the box. In this outing Temeke is faced with the crime of a woman who was found brutally murdered before she and her house was set on fire. As her past is peeled back like layers of an onion, it becomes clear that there are many candidates for her murder and the reader is kept guessing with until the very end. Great suspense and pacing and such clever twists and a real surprise that I couldn't help thinking of The Girl on the Train or Dead in the Water.