I like Audrey. She’s a journalist, so she’s got a legitimate reason to be nosey.

I got to wonder how large Chattertowne is. I mean, town hall has a separate desk to apply for passports and there’s a receptionist manning that desk (meaning there is another person that takes the applications and hands out the passports?). What kind of traffic is the passport desk getting? Is it open for a only a few hours each week? Does the receptionist get very, very bored at her job?

Anyway, good mystery, lots of intrigue. Can be read as a stand-alone, but contains major spoilers for the first mystery in the series. Which is actually very realistic: the first book deals with a major scandal and multiple murders; people are bound to be still talking about that six months later.

Just one minor gripe: Cole, Holden and Levi all make Audrey focus by merely saying “Audrey”. There could’ve (should’ve) been more variety there.

I read an ARC through NetGalley.