I have not read her previous books, but I'm now looking forward to finding them. The story is told from the point of view of Laura Principal, a P.I. in Cambridge, England. She is hired to investigate why a young boy killed his foster mother. Howard, the young boy's older brother, is trying to make sense of the tragedy. There are several minor plotlines to add interest and tell us more about Laura's life.
Spring writes well and tells a good story.
The reader was drawn into the story from the first page and swept along by the writing and the events. The main interest, for me, was Daryll Flatt, the young boy. As Laura accumulates evidence, we can't decide whether he is truly evil, confused, sympathetic, or crazy. I kept making up my mind and then having to change it again.