A minor milestone reached! This is my first complete series of the year and of my 100bookchallenge. It was utterly thrilling. The whole notion of basically cheating death by actual murder was such a different take on a variation of immortality or rejuvenation or regeneration like Wolverine et al.

The characters haven't really changed since book two (trust issues and some light subterfuge) but I did enjoy the way the pandemic was addressed in this book and how it almost decimated certain industries i.e. Construction. I also found it interesting that certain laws were put in place during the pandemic and were now harder to repeal post-pandemic. This really rooted the book in this reality and the "What if" this was real feeling remained throughout. Also, the Windy City is so well illustrated that I felt like I could look out my window and be transported right to The Bean amidst throngs of tourists and local tiktokers taking selfies.

Tony and Langdon are still the unlikely cop-dispatcher team and the Big Bad is still, Brennan Tunney but the other players presented in the Chicagoan-Overlord Landscape and in the fringes of gangster-boadroomers were also well done. Still, Brennan Tunney is the White Knight you're glad to have rescue you in a pinch but also pretty much terrified of in general.

*I have some thoughts on a real finale book: What if this Murder-Dispatching just abruptly ended one day. Instead of 1 in 9ooo dispatches result in a possible death, what if on one day - every single murder and dispatch really took. What now...yeah that would be a really good ending to the series.*

This was a page turner.