Now She's Gone (DI Rachel Prince #2) by Alison James

Very strong second book in the DI Rachel Prince crime thriller series. This police procedural focuses on the death of a Dutch student, Emily van Meijer, who fell off a cliff while on a sponsored trip to Edinburgh, Scotland. Emily was attending the Fringe Festival through an organization, White Crystal Tours, along with other teenagers from all over Europe. The students boarded together and were chaperoned by a married couple, Will and Hazel MacBain.

Emily's father does not believe that his daughter's death was an accident, though ruled so by the patholgist in Scotland. Since he is a powerful, wealthy man, he calls in the favors necessary to get London and Rachel involved since she is an International Liaison Officer. So Rachel and DS Mark Brickall head off to Scotland where they find that Emily was not the first teen to die under suspicious circumstances.

At the same time, Rachel is dealing with crisis in her personal life that affects some of her actions and responses to the ongoing investigation. I was sort of disappointed that Rachel turns out to be just as messed up as many other female dectectives in other series I read. Very weak on the interpersonal relationship scale and never tend to follow established procedures.

I did enjoy the particulars of this case and the investigation into Emily's death. I like the details and the writing, especially some of the interaction between Rachel and Mark. Though she's his boss, they seem more like partners. I look forward to the next in the series to see what is in store for Rachel, both professionally and personally.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read and review.