Incredibly fun to read. I appreciated the dramatic turn that the authors chose to pursue, even if parts stretched the realm of believability. I enjoyed it, and as always, look forward to the next installment.

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Sandy's death and its aftermath was surprisingly melancholy for me as a reader, and I think the authors deserve credit for creating that impact. In general, I lack Frieda's talent for detachment, and it was difficult not to think of Sandy as the character from [b:Blue Monday|10940958|Blue Monday (Frieda Klein, #1)|Nicci French|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1377323978s/10940958.jpg|15858219]. At several points, I wished Frieda would display more emotion about Sandy's death, even though those displays of emotion would be contrary to everything we know about Frieda as a character. It was an interesting pull between what I know about Frieda as a character and how I personally reacted to Sandy's death (and death in general).

I have one main criticism of this book. At the end, when Frieda begins to realize who killed Sandy, she wonders if it could be the person who she thought all along. We're meant to think this refers to Hal Bradshaw, and this mistaken inference plays out through Karlsson for a bit. The problem: I can see no evidence that Frieda suspected the correct person from the beginning. Maybe I'm missing it. It's fine if that piece of foreshadowing is absent; I don't require my mysteries to be solvable from the reader's perspective. It's just odd because we have no evidence (as far as I can tell) that Frieda was suspicious of Frank (beyond him being a poor spouse for Sasha).