"A Messy Affair" began as a slowly paced patchy story. The author seemed intent on giving an update on all the characters in every chapter, that it was very disconnecting.

Halfway through the book, I was considering DNFing the book due to the weird plot. It wasn't engaging enough and I was getting irritated with P C Cartwright. He was being mentioned by Lena so many times and he didn't even seem to deserve that attention. Lena seemed to be an intelligent woman but she was basically out of danger and everything fell in place till the umpteenth moment.

My curiosity as to who the culprit was, made me finish the book. I knew that the author would not mention a character without any reason, so my initial guess turned out to be right. The author has put in ample efforts but the book as a whole was very disengaging.

***SPOILERS AHEAD***

To those wanting a quick summary, Lena's cousin is in danger as her famous boyfriend is found dead. Suspects range from his ex, his one-night stands to his uncle. At the same time, we follow Lena's boyfriend (at least used to be) handle a case involving Yasemin. Turns out the culprit in both situations is the same. She's caught and everything is happy in Lena's life. The End.