A single encounter a year previously has led to reporter, Jack McEvoy, being suspected of murder.McEvoy, who featured in earlier Connelly novels ( The Scarecrow and The Poet ), is presently working for a consumers’ rights website, exposing criminals who prey on the public.
The brutal and unusual method in the killing of Tina Portrero forces the reporter to research and find a series of startlingly similar murders. The victims - all women - had been looking into their genetic history using a very cheap analytics company and had subsequently been strangled in a particular way which required great strength.
McEvoy can investigate the crimes, using, sometimes, methods not wholly within the law in an attempt to unmask the killer and has the assistance of his former lover, Rachel, an ex- profiler with the FBI.
It is no surprise that Michael Connelly novels ( 34 ) have sold over 74 million copies worldwide as he is a master storyteller as the excitement and tension crescendoes to an unexpected climax.
A brilliant book by a brilliant author.
Wholly recommended.