Brilliant, as ever

 

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑  The Frankie Sheehan novels are rather a guilty pleasure for me. Always a top-quality story with characters I like spending time with. This is the forth outing for Irish DCS Frankie Sheehan and her partner DS Baz Harwood, with a whopper of a case to solve. It's Frankie's birthday and she receives a murder box filled with details of a fictitious murder challenge she is invited to crack. But, as you may suspect, things aren't as they seem and the murder box is more than just a game.

I so enjoyed this novel. The situation, the atmosphere, the dynamic between Frankie and Baz, the twists in the story. It's all jolly good. Frankie and Baz have a close bond and balance each other out well but things have shifted in Baz's life triggering changes for him. How does that impact the pragmatic Frankie? Situations like this, with the potential for a love relationship, can turn cheesy but not so here. In true form with the story development and Frankie's personal directive it's pretty no nonsense and no fuss. She certainly isn't a girly girl and I like that about her. Her life is all about the job and solving murders. A cracking good series that will not disappoint.