I don’t know why I decided to continue reading the Travis books when I was disappointed by the first. The crimes themselves are interesting and I find the procedural element fascinating. But God - the characters! Anna is a 2D nothing of a character. I guess one word you could use to describe her is determined. But I literally can’t think of anything else. Other than the fact that, similar to the first book, she seems to fall for any man that crosses her path. She is written to be pathetic, and even more so as she falls in love with misogynistic asshole who is indeed the main love interest. He constantly calls her and other women ‘girls’ and ‘little’. It’s so so off putting. I think I’ll be giving up on La Plante from now, I just can’t stomach the tropey writing and awful characters. The crimes and reveals are undeniably fascinating - but that’s just not enough!