Predictable, cookie-cutter domestic thriller. Our characters are forgettable, unengaging and, as one reviewer stated, Tom is a wet noodle. Just an all around ham sandwich of a person.

I often found that characters acted in direct juxtaposition with how we were told they were thinking and feeling, especially our main Detective. We were often told he was developing understanding and sympathy, that he saw and grasped the nuances of the situation, however in the very next paragraph he was a cold, manipulative hard-ass – not only defining the ‘show not tell’ approach to story telling, but opening showing and telling two very different narratives for the same character.

The ‘big reveal’ at the end was just an avalanche of information, not a twist. As a reader, I don’t like just having the conclusion stated frankly within the last 5 minutes, it feels cheap and convenient.