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I read several of these when the series began, but hadn't read any for a while until I ran across this one. I had remembered these as more of a mystery/procedural than a psychological thriller. I don't know whether the series changed or my recollection is off, but this is definitely a psychological thriller. I don't think I've ever read a book with more psychopaths or sociopaths, or whatever in it. Way more than it needed, I felt.

The end seemed much to rushed. One character arrests the murderer in a very brief scene, and that's the end of that. Nothing is resolved with the handful of other psychotic people she has spent so much time telling us about. That bugged me. It seemed like the ending was more about moving the relationships of her continuing characters forward to the next book than about resolving anything involving the characters we will probably only see in this book, beyond that arrest.

It was an enjoyable read up until that unsatisfyig conclusion. The writing is deft, and I didn't want to put the book down. But I felt kind of cheated that so many characters were simply dropped at the end.

3.5 stars