Settled Blood is the second in the DCI
Kate Daniels series. The book seemed to be a little too much of an attempt to be an all inclusive genre. This mystery, thriller,
suspense, police procedure and lesbian romance instead ended up a
little muddled. There are very descriptive crime scenes, and the
high suspense tension lasts until the end of the story.
I usually enjoy a methodical police
procedure, but in this book, it seemed the details were too
repetitive. How many reports does the DCI Kate Daniels need to
receive ( and seem surprised about) stating the fall victim was alive
when she hit the ground. It did nothing to add to the horror of the
crime. Also, the pining over her ex-girlfriend seemed out of place
in the middle of a tense drama.
This is a British author so there were
quite a few terms and British slang that I was not familiar with, but
that was not a big drawback because it just took a quick search
online to find definitions. It did break up the flow of the story
though.
A copy of this e-book was provided by
Edelweiss, Above the Treeline.
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