In the tenth Maeve Kerrigan book, DS Maeve Kerrigan is still recovering from the horrific incident she experienced in the ninth book - and everyone around her, including her partner DI Josh Derwent can see she's not herself. As Maeve struggles to figure out a murder case, Josh ropes her into a different undercover job that takes her away from London and into the idyllic suburban Jellicoe Close - to pretend to be living in romantic bliss with Josh. But behind the perfect gardens, more than one dark mind lurks.

I listened to this on audiobook and I was so hooked. This series always delivers some fantastic crime investigations and some truly horrid characters and this one was no different but I loved the different environment as instead of Kerrigan and Derwent, we have Josh and Maeve who hold hands and snuggle on the couch together with the blinds up. This gives Maeve the space to heal and begin to come back to herself - including her softer feminine side, and her sensual side as well as her tough and intelligent police mind for putting together all the clues and getting her guy. I also enjoyed seeing Josh in a more domestic environment - still sometimes saying the wrong thing and getting away with it but continuing to always look out for Maeve in ways she needs, and we learn in ways he needs to. This gave me what I've been wanting for the teasing of a Maeve-Josh pairing but also left us wanting so much more with a rather heartbreaking resolution.

I also was happy to see Maeve working with Georgia in a better way in this book as in past books there's been a bit of girl on girl dislike here (though sometimes Georgia has deserved it). Georgia herself has grown and become better at her job and Maeve is finally giving her the space to prove herself and grow in confidence - and the friendliness between them was refreshing and I hope we see this bond grow more in future books or at least Maeve trusting and liking Georgia more than before!

My only problem with this series is I always want to read them all at once but then I'm afraid of not having any left!