This psychological thriller kept me turning pages to see what happens next. However, the protagonist Zoe really agitated me with her constant mothering and smothering of her grown children. She lived with her boyfriend Simon, and still had feelings for her ex-husband, who was always there for her. I always felt she was with the wrong man!
It was an interesting story with some hair-raising drama. The last couple chapters when I discovered who was behind the violence was a double whammy shocker! Not so much the first part, but the last page was improbable and unbelievable! As far as I'm concerned, that ruined it for me.
It was an interesting story with some hair-raising drama. The last couple chapters when I discovered who was behind the violence was a double whammy shocker! Not so much the first part, but the last page was improbable and unbelievable! As far as I'm concerned, that ruined it for me.
Great page-turner, that is lifted a bit above the ordinary by the author's confident handling of the routines of police investigation and her clever use of the everyday coping mechanisms of Underground commuters in London (or any big city, really ...)
Nifty little psychological thriller that, for me, resonated because I remember all too well the day-to-day indignities that a commuter has to endure, and the routines that you slip into, in order to make your journey easier and more bearable. Mackintosh has come up with a clever way that someone with the appropriate computer skills could exploit that stoic endurance, and that autopilot behaviour.
The groundedness of the concept, and description of the investigation is somewhat undermined by things turning a little "Jason Bourne," as things progress. Saying more would be risking spoilers. Also, with all due respect to Mackintosh's background in law enforcement, I really wonder whether anyone who has such a tendency to ignore orders, and has such a lot of personal baggage, as her protagonist London Transport Police officer and would=be member of the CID, Kelly Swift, would have lasted more five minutes after her first I'm following my instinct moment ...
But very readable, for all that ...
Nifty little psychological thriller that, for me, resonated because I remember all too well the day-to-day indignities that a commuter has to endure, and the routines that you slip into, in order to make your journey easier and more bearable. Mackintosh has come up with a clever way that someone with the appropriate computer skills could exploit that stoic endurance, and that autopilot behaviour.
The groundedness of the concept, and description of the investigation is somewhat undermined by things turning a little "Jason Bourne," as things progress. Saying more would be risking spoilers. Also, with all due respect to Mackintosh's background in law enforcement, I really wonder whether anyone who has such a tendency to ignore orders, and has such a lot of personal baggage, as her protagonist London Transport Police officer and would=be member of the CID, Kelly Swift, would have lasted more five minutes after her first I'm following my instinct moment ...
But very readable, for all that ...
If nothing else, this book should make all of us more aware of social media. We follow Zoe after she discovers her photo used on a website ad she knew nothing about. Police officer, Kelly Swift, worked with the Sexual Offenses Unit until she was suspended four years ago. As Zoe tries to find out why the ads are appearing, she wonders who she can and can't trust. Kelly is determined to find out who is responsible for the ads and murders before she is suspended again. I did not see this ending coming!
