As is obvious by the title, this is the twelfth book in the Women's Murder Club series.
Lindsay Boxer is faced with two grisly cases, an English professor claiming to be having prophetic dreams that to the astonishment of Lindsay & Conklin appear to coming true, & the death of a young woman shot in her car, who turns out to be the girlfriend of a well known football star; as well as trying to juggle life as a new mom after her baby is born one stormy night. Mean while, Yuki is taking on a challenging case that could make her career as she goes up against one of the toughest & dirtiest defense lawyers in the business & Claire, who faces a devastating assassination of character and position after a security breech at the morgue
This one I have to say is not as gripping or as challenging as the previous stories in the Murder Club series. It focuses very much on Lindsay individually in her struggle with motherhood & her attempts at juggling the responsibilities of her job. It has lost that traditional 'Women's Murder Club' feel to it as the the other women's involvement in these cases is very limited & the corresponding story lines for Yuki & Cindy are not interlinked to the cases as they have been throughout the series which are also very much focusing on their own personal issues rather than an intertwining connection to the main story line. The only character that has a connection with a case is Claire, & even with this there are no real meeting's between the girls at Suzi's to discuss the in's & out's of their lives like we are all accustomed to from previous books, & Lindsay shows a rather self centered side in this, although it wasn't the intentions of the author's for it to come across this way.
Although a great read - I blast through it in two days - I have to admit I was a little disappointed with this one.
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