I’ve always been a great fan of Barbara Nadel’s Inspector Ikmen and this is the first I read in the Hakim and Arnold series.
I was hooked since the beginning as this is a fast paced, gritty and highly entertaining novel. Even if it’s the 7th instalment in this series I had no issues as there’s a lot of backstory that helps you to understand the characters.
The story is told by multiple POV and each of them is related to different cases Lee and Mumtaz are working on.
I liked how the different POV mixed and how they joined becoming a single case and I liked how the private aspects of the MC life mixed with the casis.
The character and plot development are excellent and the complex story kept me hooked till the last page. Ms Nadel is an excellent storyteller and her mysteries never fails to entertaining and make me learn something new.
I loved the descriptions of East End and appreciated how Lee approach the different people of the criminal underworld.
I will surely read the other books in this series as I loved this one.
This is highly recommended!
Many thanks to Allison & Busby for this ARC, all opinions are mine.