Amazon.co.uk Review
LaPlante's television scripts--Widows and Prime Suspect--satisfactorily combine thriller plots with some intelligent brooding on the problems of women in middle age; her private eye trilogy is to that extent pretty much what one would expect from her. In the third installment, Los Angeles detective Lorraine Page has entirely recovered from the alcoholism that forced her out of the police department, and even finds love. She is hired to investigate the death of porn mogul Harry for his third wife, the most likely suspect, and finds a trail of blackmail and art fraud.

Following the money will only get her so far--Lorraine has also to understand the emotional maelstrom which Harry created around him; there are less rational motives than money. LaPlante sets herself a difficult problem of balance--Lorraine's struggle with her demons and with chickens that persist in coming home to roost, is only tangentially relevant to her work. Indeed, as Lorraine becomes less driven, she gradually loses interest in detection altogether--which may be sane, but is not what we want to hear. LaPlante's stretching of the thriller form may not be always successful--the digressions meander too far-- but it is always interesting. --Roz Kaveney

Gave the book to Millam. Happy reading!

Thank you for the book, I'll be back (much) later with something to say about it.

This third Lorraine Page book was a good reading. It seemed to be heading for a foreseeable happy end but luckily Lynda LaPlante knows how to avoid such a gruelling error.

This and the other Cold book returns CandyDarling sooner or later (probably later).

Just a short note to say that tiittapauppi gave me this book to be passed on to CandyDarling. Will do!

And back into my TBR pile it goes. :)

At the bookcrossing table at Arabian katufestivaali.

Left-overs from the street festival of Arabia. Will ask if my work mate wants to read this.

This has been on my shelf far too long, time to move on. Off to Cable Factory.