I got pulled into reading this because of the TV series, and ironically, it almost took me as long to catch up with the book as it would have to watch the episodes I’d missed, as it’s not short.

Ryan is a rather wordy, literate sort of a cop, and the imagery he invokes was both powerful and captivating. I wasn’t sure about the prologue, for although it was beautiful, it didn’t do much for the story. Still, as the investigation starts to unfold and more of your typical police procedural comes into play, the interpersonal relationships in the force, not to mention Ryan’s own history, propelled this to a level a cut above your traditional whodoneit.