5 Stars from me! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Having read and loved In The Blink of an Eye, I waited for the release of Leave No Trace with bated breath! Delighted to say my anticipation was rewarded as the second installment of DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock’s exciting police procedural was every bit as good as the first.
Life has moved on for Kat since book 1 as her son has gone off to uni – leaving her battling her grief and loneliness which means that she often turns to Lock for companionship. Whether this makes her see him as more human, or whether he really is desperate to be human I am not too sure. But either way, their relationship is developing fast, despite Lock’s clunky attempts at sarcasm and humour, alongside his bluntness when it comes to the human foible of morality.
Jo Callaghan has delivered another cracking storyline. The inventiveness behind the plot was inspired – and I have to confess to chuckling at the men being told not to go out alone after dark. Oh how the tables have turned.
On a serious note, I hope that the advances suggested within the book can come to fruition, knowing the police can analyse data in seconds and perform such thorough autopsies would mean that many more crimes would be solved. Not that I would imagine anyone would go to the trouble of creating a charming hologram who enjoys old movies, but the technology sounds incredible and the advances in AI within the news right now bring hope of a future where the police and NHS can be supported by these super brains.
Ending brilliantly on a cliff-hanger means that I cannot wait for book 3! My thanks to Netgalley, the author Jo Callaghan, and Simon and Schuster for an ARC in return for an honest review.
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