The protagonist feels much like the Taylor Swift of detective investigator. Oh the drama. Eeeeeeeeeeeveryone hates her. Her bosses. Her colleagues. Her families. Her neighbors. EVERYONE. Even she gets tailed by paparazzi spreading gossips and nasty rumors and candid pictures when she's just a former disgraced attorney turned cop.. I just don't buy it.. like, really? This is what Western people do? Is this what British people do? If it is, then.. are you guys OK? Like, do you set your priorities right? Way too much hate and fucks are thrown at her that she basically has nobody professional enough to respect her at work without spitting insults or conducting nasty behavior. No one behaves like a civilized adult in getting along professionally here. But at the same time, no matter how 'miserable' her life has become, I really cannot sympathize with Avery Black because she's either having a shitty anger/mood management or wallowing in a self-pity party. Kinda wanted to give the book one more star because the sentences are quite easy to follow, but then... NAH.