Detective Inspector Lottie Parker of the Ragmullin Garda is back in this 8th book in the long-running series that I've read from the beginning. She and her colleagues are faced with a very complicated case involving dismembered body parts found around town. A torso on the railway tracks, a skull hidden inside the wall of a house, a partial leg in the canal -- and a long list of possible suspects who are incredibly hard to track down to question. Can Lottie get to the bottom of events that started over 20 years ago?
I've always enjoyed this series but this one seemed overly long and complex with the payoff being a bit of a let down after all that. Way too many characters with relationships to each other that are quite bizarre and stretch credulity a bit. Lottie is the same as always and never seems to make much progress toward getting her home and personal life situated -- there's always something. Does anyone else get irritated by the fact that she can't seem to follow any sort of established procedure or protocol with her police activities and really she should be suspended! Anyway, I'll keep reading this series to see what mayhem is happening next in Ragmullin.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the 8th in a series that should be read in order. Not sure what the title has to do with th estory.
Genre - police procedural, crime thriller
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