As was expected, extremely reminiscent of Deaver and Patterson but set in Scotland.
Copper, hard as nails (former SAS) a broken marriage and a daughter he loves but rarely gets to see, throw in the new love interest and you have the whole chebang.

The perfect scenario for a nutter with a grudge to take advantage of poor old Rebus.

A decent book, as I say it is exactly as was expected but I quite enjoyed it anyway, I've got another 9 in the series to get through but I'm pretty sure I'll lose a helluva lot of interest before getting that far into them.



Shirley Jackson's masterpiece: the deliciously dark and funny story of Merricat, tomboy teenager, beloved sister - and possible lunatic.

"Her greatest book ...at once whimsical and harrowing, a miniaturist's charmingly detailed fantasy sketched inside a mausoleum...Through depths and depths and bloodwarm depths we fall, until the surface is only an eerie gleam high above, nearly forgotten; and the deeper we sink, the deeper we want to go". (Donna Tartt, author of The Goldfinch).

Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. And when Cousin Charles arrives, armed with overtures of friendship and a desperate need to get into the safe, Merricat must do everything in her power to protect the remaining family. This Penguin edition includes an afterword by the acclaimed novelist Joyce Carol Oates
A fantastic book, Merricat is a cracking character, an 18 year old childlike girl with a quirky sense of humour, an overactive imagination and a morbid dark side.
She regularly has little fantasies about seeing people die in agony but it is done in such a childlike way that it hardly seems threatening.

Agoraphobia, claustrophobia and a rather loyal cat all play a part in the story.

Great book I really enjoyed it.

I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to read next, I'll decide on that tomorrow