Bloody hell I forget how much I enjoy reading the Dublin Murder Squad series and you know what ! I think this is my favourite to date.

I loved the relationship of the two detectives especially “Scorcher Kennedy “ our main protagonist mentoring the junior cop. I agonized over what really happened in the murder house and obessesed over the inner dynamics of the family. The casual but yet professional approach that the Gardai took with the investigation rang true. The motive for the murders while seemingly bizarre is actually really close to the apparent motive in a real-life case in Dublin that I am aware of - life is stranger than fiction! And be Jaysus isn’t Scorcher quite the poet and romantic who ever would have guessed it from the previous book!

Recommended to those who have already read the previous three books folks but be warned this is beautiful but bleak!