I cannot believe we are up to 27 books in this series now. I also cannot believe I have hung in there as long as I have. If anyone has read any of my other reviews on this series, you are aware of how much I have come to despise Lucy, who used to be one of my favorite characters. Update: still despise her. Her mother, Dorothy, also makes an appearance in this book. Update: still despise her. There are a few other characters from previous books who I hated that have also made appearances in this book. Update: absolutely still hate them. Why is it that authors never want to kill off these characters that should be killed off?

I have always appreciated the research that the author puts into her books. You can tell that the timeline of her books advances with the actual timeline of our lifetime. There are mentions in this book of COVID, and the issues with that. There are mentions of the Capitol shenanigans on January 6th. She uses updated forensic ideas and techniques, which I enjoyed. There were a few technological concepts that I found a bit silly. Overall, this book has been better than some of the other more recent ones, and I am hoping the series continues to move back to where it was when I was really enjoying it.