It's bad enough that everyone else is huddled at home during this blizzardy weather. But policeman don't have that luxury and DC Edward Reekie is on the job. He's just gotten a new boss, DI Victoria Montgomery-Porter and he's not sure how that will work out. His current assignment is to take a dying prisoner to a place where he can live his last few months.
The place is Glenfarach and it's not the cozy village it appears to be. It is a place for prisoners to be housed, either because they are on their last days or because they wouldn't be accepted anywhere else. There are security cameras everywhere, everyone living there has an ankle monitor and every ex-prisoner is checked on every day at least once.
Edward and his boss are snowed in but that's not the worst. They find a former prisoner murdered in their home and the murders are just starting. Each murder is gruesome and obviously the deaths were preceded by torture. What's the reason? Is there a serial killer just killing to satisfy his urges or is there a secret that is being extracted?
Most readers know Stuart Macbride from his Logan McRae series. This new series shows promise of becoming another beloved one by his fans. Reekie is sometimes clueless but comes through in the end. Victoria is rude, arbitrary but brilliant. The formula sounds a bit like those of the Logan McRae series but is different enough to be enjoyable. Macbride's trademark breezy style and dark humor is definitely in place and I enjoyed the tale and look forward to more in this series. This book is recommended for mystery readers.
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