Review: Reads like true crime, but it's fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2012
I picked this up because I was intrigued by the interactive method Martin had used to write it, and curious to know the outcome.  It was well worth the read.In a classic detective novel, the characters are assembled at the beginning of the story and the process of deduction follows.  "Coming Home" reads more like true crime because of its portrayal of the discovery process which eventually leads to finding (rather than simply unmasking) the criminal.  The sense of not knowing - exactly what happened, how the crimes were committed, and who the suspects are - is far more true to life than a classic detective novel.Part of a series though it is, this truly does stand alone.  I'd like to read more of Martin's work, and I'd certainly like to read more about Sophie Anderson's intuitive/visionary profiling, but I found this book so satisfying I'm still not sure about reading the earlier books in the series.