Like the others in the series this is a light, easy to read, police procedural. As one of the older ones it clearly shows its age but nothing seems to far wrong. A decent chunk of the middle is actually a court room drama which is a first in the series. I'm not sure it was really Robinsons forte, and probably could have done without it. It's definitely not the strongest in the series that I've read but it's a solid 3.5 star read. The graduall character progression is nice and partially what makes it nice and comfortable to pick up the next in the series. Ill keep working my way through them and take the next one of the shelf when I need an easy reliable book to read.