I read and reviewed the two novels collected here separately, so this is just for my own records. I've only read the first five books in this series, but the two collected here are the ones I like best: they're straight mysteries, and as I commented in one of the reviews, a lot of what Kinsey does here could have been done by Miss Marple. By which I mean the fights and gunfire and explosions of the other volumes don't really get a look-in. I like thrillers, don't get me wrong, but my favourite thing about Kinsey is how pragmatic and against-putting-herself-in-danger she is. She might be cynical but she's not stupid, and I prefer to see her avoiding actual peril like the very sensible person that she is. She strikes me as extremely realistic that way!