When you actually work in the world of crime and murder, when you read about it you get VERY particular that it's done right!  This is my first read from this author and I was really happy with how much was right.  The office politics, the senior officers more like politicians than cops, the protocols that sometimes get in the way of investigations. I even know of uppity cop-kids like Julie!

Eliza's twin has gone missing.  After a life pickled in alcohol, she had finally got clean but she was acting paranoid and seemed really unwell.  When another couple of missing persons come to Grace's attention she knows there is something fishy about the Detox at Whiteadder House!

The relationship between Grace, Hannah and Jean really pulled me in - finally three FMC's who were the main protagonists of the story and really drew you into the story.  I felt really connected to all of them in their own way.  I must admit I struggled to like Brodie - I get he did a noble thing but ...grrrrrr he really annoyed me!  Harvey was the epitome of a good boy and I really loved how he managed to get involved in the take down!

The story really set a fast pace and even though the time period covered was actually weeks, it only felt like days had passed from start to finish. The characters were all necessary to the story and weren't filler and there were a lot of twists and turns to keep things exciting.  There were even a couple of WTF moments! I'll definitely be adding the earlier books to my TBR and I'll be keeping an eye out for book 4!