This was the most well written, clever, gripping book I've read in a while. I’m very excited!

A tragedy strucks the Pines, a family who had been previously devastated by the murder conviction of their older child, Danny. While attempting to prove Danny's innocence, the mom, dad, and two younger kids are murdered, leaving only Danny (in prison) and his brother Matt as the 2 remaining members of the Pines. Alex Finlay takes us through Matt's struggles with the chaos that is his present life, juggling the grief and bureaucracies related to his family's deaths, while also trying to figure out what actually happened 7 years ago.

Using a Now/Before narrative, we are transported through various POVs, getting glimpses of the truth that bring us closer to a revelation. The suspense is so craftily woven into the action, that I was absolutely hooked. And this remains so right up until the finish line, as the reveal is only made in the last few pages.

Although my early suspicions were proven correct, it did not take away from the pleasure of reading this book at all. This was all about the journey. Alex Finlay is giving proof of being a tremendous writer (such cool prose) and mystery wizard and I’ll keep an eye on him for sure!

I’m giving it 5 starts and would give more if possible.

Thank you NetGalley and Aria or Aries for this copy in exchange for my honest review. I’m so happy I got to read this!

A murder from 14 years ago has a very strong impact on a family in the present. Amazing story, well written and with a captivating plot! Highly recommended!

I’m struggling to think of a better debut thriller than Every Last Fear. The novel has a profound mystery underlying a clever perceptive plot that ravages a family through the most brutal and chilling encounters with killers and callously powerful people. What makes this murder mystery that little more poignant are the backdrop similarities with the Netflix true-crime series Making a Murderer.

Danny Pine was convicted of brutally murdering his girlfriend Charlotte Rose after a house party many years previous and he has spent the last seven in prison for the crime he emphatically denies. A Netflix series, A Violent Nature, brought notoriety to the Pine family as they sought to prove his innocence. A documentary the family participated in for the best of intentions but not always with the positive consequences they wanted. Danny’s younger brother Matt plays a central role in the story and the novel starts with the news coming through that his family have been found dead in a holiday home in Tulum, Mexico – assumed to be a gas leak accident. Matt’s father, Evan, and his mother, Olivia (Liv) had suddenly decided to take this spring break along with their seventeen-year-old daughter, Maggie, and six-year-old son, Tommy. A trip that didn’t make sense considering they had little finances having spent their savings and loans on trying to clear Danny’s name.

Each of the Pine family, except Tommy, tell their story in alternating chapters and paint the complex mystery with its leads, misdirection and false assumptions. FBI Special Agent Sarah Keller also provides a perspective throughout the story and she delivers a balanced contribution to the conspiracy. The plot feels genuine as not everything falls into place and the well-drawn characters struggle to get on the same page, each with different beliefs and motivations. What is sure is that the trip to Mexico was a disguised holiday where Evan and his daughter Maggie were pursuing a lead to discover more about Charlotte and what happened that night. The dual time periods work well as we see Evan and Maggie investigating and gradually revealing insights into the mystery, but we also know they’re dead, so the anticipation as to whether their findings help in the present day is enticing and tense.

I would highly recommend this book well-written mystery, with great momentum on the surprises and twists that provide an engrossing investigation and thrilling drama. While the source of the crime may become apparent during the novel, I felt the ending upheld the great benchmark in delivering an intelligent and captivating thriller.

I would like to thank Head of Zeus, Aries Books and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy in return for an honest review.

Every Last Fear – Alex Finlay

Matt Pine, NYU student & brother to a convicted murderer, is playing his weekly chess game with Reggie, his homeless but clearly educated friend, when his dorm RA finds him and tells him that federal agents are looking for him. Mystified, Matt returns to the dorm to learn that his entire family, on vacation on Mexico, have been found dead presumably due to a gas leak per Mexican officials. However, the FBI, who’ve been investigating his father’s workplace, aren’t so sure.

Struggling to keep it together, Matt flies to Mexico at the instruction of FBI Agent Keller to sign for and retrieve his family’s remains. Upon his arrival, there’s no sign of the consular officer that was supposed to meet him, so Matt buys a ride to Tulum to claim his family – and runs into more than a little trouble while he’s there, including a near miss with someone intent on doing him harm. Shaken, Matt has to deal with a very unfriendly cop at the Tulum Police Department, before a timely intervention orchestrated by Agent Keller.

Meanwhile, stateside, Agent Keller finally gets her first look at the police photos of the Pine family’s death, and after careful scrutiny, realizes that the scene was staged. But who would want to kill the Pine family – and why?

Told in before and after timelines, with subtle clues weaved in around the seemingly innocuous events of day to day family life, this book takes off in a hurry and will keep you turning pages deep into the night as you struggle to put all of the pieces together. This was a fantastic read, and I could not put it down!! I was completely hooked!! I highly recommend!!

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I really don't get the hype for this book??? But I seem to be in the minority so do with that what you will.

The premise sounded interesting, especially the part about the Netflix show - I was curious to see the author explore the other side people's love for true crime media and how it affects people on display. But the execution was convoluted and underwhelming. There were lots of different POVs and timelines that didn't contribute to the form of the storytelling in a meaningful way and on top of that, the plot was very slow-moving (isn't it supposed to be a thriller?) When it comes to the characters, they were very two-dimensional. So even though at times I was engaged in the story, overall the book wasn't great and I feel like I'm going to forget it pretty soon.

So there hasn't been a book review post in a couple of months and the reason is that I have had so much going on personally, I just haven't been picking up a book as often. However, I was invited onto this blog tour and although I missed the launch week (sorry!) this was the push I needed to get back in to reading!

As you know, I do enjoy a good thriller and this one is fab. I didn't want to put it down and flew through it in just a few nights as I needed to know what the hell was going on!

I enjoyed the way the story was laid out, chapters flicked between different time periods and between different characters. That might sound confusing but it really wasn't and the author did it really well. Eventually all the pieces start to come together but there are still so many twists and turns you are never sure of what is going to happen in the end!

I will for sure look out for more from this author, it was recommended for fans of Lisa Jewell who I love, and I am sure any thriller fan will enjoy!

“They found the bodies on a Tuesday”

No Way! You are never going to convince me that this is a debut novel by a new author! This just has to be an established and successful writer, who has chosen a pseudonym for this particular project. ‘Every Last Fear‘ is just too slick and polished, written and nuanced at the hand of someone who has total authority and confidence over the storyline and characters as they hit the pages! I am growing to like this new trend of blended fact and fiction novels more and more, so I checked out the recorded articles surrounding the case featured in the documentary, which makes a great basis for the unique storyline Alex has skilfully wrapped around it.

Alex makes things potentially tricky for himself by writing the story in dual timelines, but not in any pre-organised sequence; and having it narrated in multiple voices. All of which could have made the finished book potentially complicated to follow and somewhat disjointed. No chance of that here though, the well constructed storyline moves along at a cracking pace, the chapters are kept short and are well signposted, each with a timeline and the voice of the person speaking, which keeps everything effortlessly fluid and easy on the eye and, more importantly, seamless for my frazzled little brain. Because that’s about the only thing which is easy to follow, in this multi-layered, intensely textured story. The rich atmosphere is kept at a constant boiling point and nothing about this page-turner made me feel comfortable or at ease with the disturbing situation in which poor Matt Pine finds himself embroiled.

There are more twists and turns in this compelling plot than you can shake a stick at and although I might have had an inkling about what was going on and who my top suspects were, I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to lay my cards on the table too early, which is just as well, as in the end I was only partially correct. What starts out as two seemingly unrelated events, the incarceration of Matt’s older brother Danny for murder, and the apparent accidental death of the remainder of Matt’s family in Mexico, are all too soon set on a collision course so serious that they attract the attention of the FBI, although agent Keller adds yet another layer to the already toxic mix, that of corruption. She is however the one solid rock of a person, young Matt can turn to when events begin to spiral out of control and threaten to overwhelm him. She brings a compelling brand of compassion and collaborative thinking to these high profile cases, even when small town politics threaten to thwart her investigation and block her pathway to the truth.

It is Matt himself, who eventually works out the sickening truth about who needs to be held accountable and responsible for trying to eliminate his entire family, including himself, living to tell the tale, but only by the skin of his teeth. The closure for Matt is almost bittersweet, as losing his parents and two younger siblings, brings him closer than he has ever been to his errant elder brother and helps to heal both their wounds. So many lies and secrets, so much manipulation and duplicity, so much abuse of power. And from Matt’s father an unexpected forgiveness, which all comes too late for the family and leaves Matt and Danny never knowing the full truth, which is probably just as well.

The narrative and dialogue are crisp, rich in detail, visually descriptive and totally immersive, as the dynamics of the story change again and again. An excellent cast of well drawn and defined characters also help to keep everything running smoothly, with some good synergy and and exchanges between them. They are genuine and believable, passionate and vulnerable, yet often not easy to connect with, although I found that I could invest totally in them all. FBI agent, Sarah Keller, stood out from the crowd and I could see the potential for her to star in her own series! I realise that the story was already based on a televised documentary, however I can see the potential for this adapted version to be optioned for film.

Seven years ago, eighteen-year-old Danny Pine was accused of killing his girlfriend Charlotte and he was sentenced to life in prison. His family always believed in his innocence, especially his father Evan and his younger sister Maggie, who spent the last seven years investigating the case on their own and chasing online tips, especially after a Netflix documentary put Danny’s case in the limelight.

Twenty-one-year-old Matt Pine doesn’t want anything to do with his brother Danny and his case and he is starting a new life in New York where he studies to become a filmmaker. When his family, his mother, his father, and his two younger siblings, are found dead during a holiday in Mexico, the local police considers it a freak accident caused by a gas leak, but when Matt arrives in Mexico to take their bodies back home, he realizes that maybe his family didn’t die by accident. In the meantime, FBI agent Sarah Keller also suspects foul play in the death of the Pine family and starts investigating. Did they discover something that may prove Danny’s innocence?

Every Last Fear is completely addictive. I read it in one sitting one night: I started reading it after dinner and, next thing I know, I finished it and it’s 2 am. The author knows how to keep the tension high and the readers on the edge of their seat. I don’t know how many times I thought: “I am going to finish this chapter and then I will stop reading”, and then something happened and I couldn’t put it down.

The story is told from the points of views of the members of the Pine family and FBI agent Sarah Keller. I really liked these characters because they felt very realistic and authentic. They are flawed and relatable and they have to face their problems and their mistakes. The Pine family has faced a lot during the years, including a lot of criticism and backlash in the small town in Nebraska where the homicide took place and that they were forced to leave. And yet, they never doubted Danny’s innocence and they are hopeful that they will be able to prove it. Sarah is a mother and wife who feels guilty for how much time her jobs take her away from her family. But she is also an excellent FBI agent who won’t stop until she finds out the truth.

I can’t find a single flaw in Every Last Fear: it is well-written and full of twists and surprises, it is an intriguing and engrossing page-turner that you can’t stop reading.

4.5 stars
That opening chapter of Every Last Fear… BAM! I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be so in your face right from the start. The discovery of Matt’s dead family was a little bit shocking, yet intriguing and it certainly made me want to dive right into the story, so as far as first chapters go, I’ve got to give it credit, it’s easily one of the best I have come across in quite some time.

In general terms, I very much enjoyed the writing style of the author as well as the special format of the story building and it didn’t take me long at all to know that this was going to be a novel to devour and that I would need more hours in a day. There are several mysteries up in the air at the same time making Every Last Fear quite a rollercoaster read. The first being of course the murder of the family which had me guessing wildly why anyone would want to murder an entire family (assuming it wasn’t an accident of course but I thought that was a safe bet) but I could not see any reason for a very long time. The other plotline involves the possible false imprisonment of Matt’s other brother Danny. Matt is absolutely sure Danny’s guilty but his father Evan and sister Maggie were never convinced he did it and never stopped trying to prove otherwise. The small matter of fact is that Danny actually confessed, just to make things more complex. What happened 7 years ago isn’t just told in cold hard facts nor in flashbacks like is often the case in these type of novels, no it’s through the family’s investigation as well as parts of a documentary made after Danny’s arrest that an image took shape in my head until the rest was filled in at a much later point in the novel.

There’s also a detective in the story, Sarah Keller, but – another surprise – she’s not appointed to investigate the family’s deaths (because they were claimed to be an accident) but leading a money-laundering investigation into Marconi LLP, the firm Evan Pine was employed at before he was made redundant. Did that mean we have to search in the direction of corporate fraud or were the answers lying elsewhere? It’s not Keller who leads us single handedly to the truth in this novel but there was a wonderful mix of leads being followed and progress brought on by several of the family’s characters. There were also parts of an interview with Evan Pine interspersed between the chapters which were intriguing to read and I hoped they would help me build a picture of what happened with Danny Pine and possibly hold a clue in them somewhere that could be useful later into the story.

At around 60-65% I started to have a small inkling about some of the answers but it was really only in the last 10% of the novel that it all started to make a lot more sense. I absolutely loved that the author was able to keep me in suspense for so long, and although I’m still in two minds about whether the (entire) family really had to die and the motive, I enjoyed the outcome very much.

Finally, a word of appreciation for making me feel the pain of losing this wonderful family. I knew four members of the family were dead right from the start, yet I couldn’t help hoping for another outcome at the end of the novel. They were so alive in all those pages, Maggie a wonderful tenacious investigator and Evan such a wonderful father, it made it all the more tragic.

Every Last Fear is a very commendable debut novel. I love the author’s fresh ideas and I’m sure we’ll be hearing from Alex Finlay in the future!

If there’s one thing that I like doing it’s discovering new authors. Alex Finlay is a new author for me. I read the synopsis for ‘Every Last Fear’ and it certainly sounded like just my kind of read. I wasn’t wrong either because I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Every Last Fear’ but more about that in a bit.
Oh my word, ‘Every Last Fear’ was certainly a read and a half. I made the fatal mistake of starting to read the book before I went to bed but I became so wrapped up in the story that bedtime was pushed back and I had a ‘lack of sleep’ hangover the following morning. I had my own theories as to what was going to happen next and I had to keep reading to see if I was on the right track or if I had the wrong end of the stick entirely. The pages of the book were turning so quickly that it was almost as if they were turning themselves. All too quickly I reached the end of the story. I found ‘Every Last Fear’ to be an unputdownable, page turner of a read, which kept me guessing and which kept me on the edge of my seat.
‘Every Last Fear’ is well written. I love the way in which the author grabbed my attention and drew me into what proves to be a compelling story. I love the way in which the author ramps up the level of tension at the drop of a hat. I hope that makes sense. Reading ‘Every Last Fear’ felt like being on an unpredictable and scary rollercoaster ride with more twists and turns than you would find on a ‘Snakes & Ladders’ board. Just when you thought that the action had settled down then off it would go again. I felt as though I was part of the story myself and that’s thanks to Alex’s very vivid and realistic storytelling.
In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Every Last Fear’ and I would recommend it to other readers. I will certainly be reading more of Alex’s work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.

There is nothing better than finding yourself completely and utterly consumed by a spine-chilling thriller and Alex Finlay’s Every Last Fear certainly fits the bill. As compulsive as your favourite Netflix binge, Every Last Fear is one terrifying read that is impossible to put down.

When university student Matt Pine received the tragic news that his entire family had been found dead while holidaying in Mexico, little did he realise that this was only the beginning of this nightmare that would plunge him into a world of danger and terror. Matt thought that losing members of his family was bad enough, but there are further shocks in store for him when the FBI tell him that this was not an accident as the local police have claimed, but that there is a far more sinister reason behind their deaths. However, the FBI refuse to utter even a single word about what is making them so suspicious, leaving Matt with no other option but to do his own investigating – even it means bringing up memories from the past he would much rather keep dead and buried,

This isn’t the first time that Matt and his family have been plunged under the unforgiving and judgmental glare of the media spotlight. Seven years earlier, Matt’s older brother Danny had been sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of murdering his teenage girlfriend. Danny has always protested his innocence and claimed that he was wrongfully convicted and his plight had caught the eye of a filmmaker who had shot a documentary about this case that had gone viral. Could the two cases possibly be linked? As the evidence mounts that shows that there are a plethora of common elements between the family’s murder and Danny’s case, it is up to Matt to uncover the twisted truth about the two cases – even if it put him in the line of fire of a dangerous enemy willing to do whatever it takes to keep Matt from getting to the bottom of this terrifying mystery.

Forget about sleep because Alex Finlay’s Every Last Fear is a top-notch thriller that will keep you reading all through the night. Smart, taut and nerve-twistingly good, Every Last Fear is a high-stakes white knuckle ride where the stakes are sky high, the pace never flags and the twists and turns will leave you with your jaw on the floor desperate to find out what is going to happen next.

Taut, tense and guaranteed to leave you breathless fans, Alex Finlay’s Every Last Fear is not to be missed.

2/5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this e-arc!

I unfortunately was a bit bored with this thriller. I had higher expectations and they were'n't met sadly

Complex thriller which starts with a murder fourteen years before and continues to impact on the present day. Engrossing and interesting watching all the strands coming todether,although I did guess who done it quite early on.

Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

Multiple viewpoints provide insight into the characters of this story as the author seamlessly weaves the past and present together to explain a twisted tale that destroyed many lives. A debut novel by an author that has a bright future.

What I liked:
* The plot and writing
* The way the pieces all came together in the end
* That the truth finally came out
* That there were a few good men left to tell the story and witness to what happened
* FBI Agent Sarah Keller: intelligent, professional, incisive, dedicated, and also a loving mother and wife – balanced and admirable.
* Bob: Sarah’s husband, a man that is wise and an anchor to keep Sarah grounded
* Matt: college student, typical for his age, conflicted about his older brother, and has a lot to contend with.
* The way the facts were slowly presented to provide the whole account – an account that resonated and felt “right” in the end
* The secrets
* The complexity and layers
* That it felt believable – I was drawn in and felt part of the story
* That I had a feeling of satisfaction and that justice had been, or would be, served
* Getting to read a well written book by a new-to-me author

What I didn’t like:
* The murders that could have been prevented
* The callous lack of regard for life some in the story had for others
* That many aspects of this story were believable – sad that people do behave as some characters in this story did.

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Head of Zeus-Aries for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

Matt is a student at university. Life has dealt him some very hard knocks. His brother David has been convicted of murder and is presently in prison. Living in a small town was hard, the aggression faced by the family was difficult to take and they have all moved far away. The disruption to his sister Maggie and to their parents particularly was hard. Fortunately Tommy who is very young, never faced the brunt of the negativity.

When Matt is given the devastating news that his entire family (other than David) have been wiped out in what looks like an accident (gas poisoning) in the town of Tulum in Mexico in what appeared to be a holiday, Matt accepts it for it is until he is told that the authorities in Mexico are not willing to hand over the bodies to the US Consulate but insists on a member of the family identifying the bodies.

A series of events makes Matt realises that someone in Mexico badly wants him out of the way. Going back further he finds that Maggie has in her dying moments sent a photo which identifies people who are known to the authorities and his mother's interactions with the new governor (who was her former boyfriend) also uncovers a plot which is so long standing and so convoluted. There were many strands in the story and they had to be brought together to make a whole. It centred around David's conviction for a murder where he was innocent, and only Evan the father believed it was so. It was Evan who set the ball rolling to their deaths when he decided to follow a false lead which took them to Mexico, and then to their death.

A good story though a little complicated.

Oh dear

I really wanted to like this book, because the premise is so interesting. However, 90% of the story just did not feel believable to me.
We are meant to believe the FBI truly will send a college student on his own to a foreign country to identify his family members? Come on now.....


The twist in the end was predictable, and not original in any sense.

Sometimes, I just want to binge on a book just as I would on a great Netflix series or a classic action movie, and Alex Finlay’s debut was perfect for a pulse-pounding night of reading. Yes, I did read this in one sitting, and I enjoyed it immensely!

EVERY LAST FEAR started off with some of the most sinister and intriguing first lines I have ever read: “They found the bodies on a Tuesday. Two days after the family had missed their flight home. Six days after all the texts and social media had gone dark.” I was immediately hooked. Here starts Matt Pine’s nightmare, when he finds out that his entire family – mum, dad, sister Maggie and brother Tommy – have been found dead in their cabin whilst vacationing in Mexico. No, hold on, not his entire family, because he also has an infamous older brother who is in jail, convicted of the murder of his girlfriend when he was in his teens. And thus, Matt’s life is shattered once more.

Even though the story starts with the deaths of most of the Pine family, we get to know them gradually through flashbacks to their lives just prior to their ill-fated holiday. Not every author can pull this off, because it’s difficult to get invested in a character when you already know their fate. But the more I read about Evan, Maggie, Olivia and Tommy I got to like them, and ultimately grieve for them as they met their death. Which was the very thing that made me emotionally so invested in this book that I read until late into the night to find out all the answers.

With multiple POVs and a rich cast of characters – we not only hear from the entire Pine family but also from the POV of Sarah Keller, the FBI agent tasked to investigate their tragic deaths – the story rolled out movie like in front of my eyes. This is not a simple whodunit, but a multi-layered plot with roots in another crime, the one Danny Pine has been convicted of all those years ago, devastating his parents and alienating his younger brother Matt. There are a lot of threads, red herrings galore, a true crime podcast thrown into the mix and some political happenings, too. Even with all those threads shooting off in different directions, the story moved along at a pace that made my pulse race, craving answers.

Yes, some readers have said that there were moments when you had to suspend disbelief. And yes, some of the characters are stereotypes, but just as I automatically picture a Bruce Willis type in an action movie, these somehow helped to form some strong imagery of characters you only get to meet very briefly. Did this bother me? No. This was pure entertainment, and I was happy to roll with it. To be honest, a lot of it went over my head as I cried for Maggie and little Tommy, held my breath as Matt went to Mexico to claim the bodies of his entire family (just imagine that heartbreak!) and was intrigued by Danny’s backstory. There was just so much going on! It wasn’t until the end that I could see where this was all headed, and by then I was almost glad for the reprieve.

EVERY LAST FEAR will appeal to readers who enjoy a fast-paced, entertaining thriller rather than a whodunit that offers up clues like a trail of breadcrumbs for readers to follow and practice their own investigation skills. It requires some suspension of disbelief and may feel a bit heavy-handed at times, but as far as entertainment value goes, it was pure gold for me. Read it binge-style as you would sit through an action movie. With food on hand. And plenty of time to spare. I loved it and look forward to reading more from this author in future.

This was heading into 5-Star territory until that ending...ugh. I can't really expand on that without giving away spoilers, so I will just say that I think the story needed a few more chapters to flesh the ending out more. I feel like the "why" explanation was rushed and glossed over. However, that aside, this was an amazing debut novel. It was fast-paced. Engaging. An extensive cast of characters and POVs that keep the mystery moving along, and yours truly guessing right up to the end.

So overall, I enjoyed it. I just wish the author had given us a bit more in the ending.

First thing first: I missed the hype and the discussions about this book, so I started to read it with no expectations or prejudice.
That said I fell in love with it since the first sentence: “They found the bodies on a Tuesday” and read it in one afternoon.
It’s a complex, gripping and highly entertaining story, a story that mixes thriller with the story of a family and how they were affected when one of them was charged with murder.
It could have been a confusing story with different timelines, POVs and tons of characters but the author did an excellent job in making them work and always keeping your attention alive.
I loved Matt and Sarah but I was also fascinated by the voices of the Pine family and the secondary characters like Sarah’s husband of Matt’s friends.
The media spotlight and the part about the documentary made me think about something I saw not long ago about the West Memphis Three as it was a series of crime documentaries that brought this story to the attention of the public.
The documentary plays a a part in the story and it’s interesting how it becomes part of the plot adding other elements to this complex plot.
I don’t who the author is and if this is a debut or a book written by a very skilled author. In any case the author is a very talented storyteller, one who knows how to deliver a very complex story and never makes you feel confused or lost.
This is a flow of consciousness, so I don’t know if it’s logical or easy to understand and follow. I loved what I read, and it’s strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Head of Zeus and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Matt Pine is given the devastating news that his whole family, apart from his brother Danny who is in jail, has been killed in an accident while on holiday in Mexico. However the FBI are also interested in the case as it may not have been an accident so Agnt Sarah Keller is appointed to look into it.
So begins an exploration into a very complicated case that is gradually exposed during the course of the narrative. This is cleverly plotted and vividly described as the reader becomes familiar with the Pine family and why Danny is in jail. Very visual it reminded me of a Law and Order episode in its concise story-telling.
A most enjoyable read that I devoured with relish.