Two
murders, no obvious link, but in the hands of the same crime investigation
division. When student Leah Sampson is killed in her apartment, her fellow
students and co-workers at a help line speculate that she was having an affair
that turned out nastily. The death Della Munroe’s husband, who shortly before
had raped her, seems to be much easier to solve: again he attacked his wife and
child and in killing him, the young woman could protect the both of them. Kala
Stonechild, new in the Kingston team and the rest of detectives need some time
to bring the two together – and combine them with a mysterious story about two
young anonymous girls in danger.
The crime
novel takes some time until it can really get you. The two cases have their
thrill, especially Leah’s murder, but only in the second have the pace
accelerates and the reader slowly understands how to put the pieces together. At
the end, the different cases very cleverly and convincingly combined and
everything perfectly solved. I needed some time to warm with the characters, to
my impression, they lacked profile in the beginning and even at the end of the
novel, much about Kala remained unclear to me. Yet, I believe they have the
potential to develop in the following novels.
All in all,
after a rather slow beginning, good entertainment.
