Review: Excellent start to a new crime series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
This first book in a new series introduces us to two interesting characters Jay Watts, an airforce vet invalided out of the force and Remy Moreau, an enigmatic amateur detective. Jay is still coping with PTSD and trying to find a job and a cheap place to stay when he is introduced to Remy who is looking for a flatmate. Jay discovers that Remy is often called upon by the police to use her extraordinary powers of observation and detection to help solve crimes and the two quickly become involved in an unusual murder-mystery.The story is well written, fast paced and absorbing. The construction of the story was interesting with the solving of the crime in part one and the backstory telling the origins of the crime two decades earlier forming part two. I found the change in pace between the two sections a little distracting and anticlimatic but the second part quickly became interesting in it's own right but without the involvement of the two crime solvers.I look forward to meeting Remy (and perhaps Jay) again and seeing how her character develops. There seem to be many facets of her character still to be developed by the author and I look forward to reading further books in the series.I received this book from the LibraryThing Member Giveaway program as a free gift from the author in exchange for an honest review.