3.75 stars Although it starts of slowly (perhaps because of so much mention of the Serbs and Croats and their war that I know so little about), but builds into a compelling mystery and thriller. DCI Karen Perie is put on a case of a dead building climber which puts her into the orbit of players on the Croatian side of that war in the Balkans. It's a horrific time in history, disturbing more so because of how currently things all happened.