A very interesting and highly original plot involving the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The main characters are all very well drawn up, interesting and human. McDermid writes beautifully, with genuine sounding dialogue. She manages to insert (black) humor into the rather grim tale, making it at times laugh-out-loud funny. The moral ambiguities at the heart of the story make you think.
As a personal bonus, one of the protagonists is an Oxford geography professor who, as a fellow geographer, shares my interest in geopolitics.
My only regret is that it has taken me this long to discover Val McDermid. On the other hand, it means that I will have many of her books to look forward to.
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