Having seen all kinds of human misery, the loss of over three hundred people, including her beloved soul mate Jo Soulsby in a Trans-Atlantic air disaster, is her most devastating case to date. With no official jurisdiction, Kate doesn’t hesitate to ingratiate herself with officials at Heathrow airport, in order to help with the investigation as to why the plane went down. With her DS, Hank Gormley, by her side and with DCS Bright’s final approval, they become part of an undercover unit to discover just how a plane exploded mid-air. 

 

I’m not sure Kate and Hank or even Northumbria CID, would be allowed in real life to ride rough shod over the hierarchies in airport security but it made for an entertaining thriller to see her throwing her weight around, especially as she won’t accept Jo is dead.  

 

Kate has developed a real thirst for policing, never turning a challenge away that presented itself, whether a mental task or a physical confrontation, always able to handle herself.  Keeping secrets is also something she excels at, be it personal or professional and it’s this unique case that tests all these traits, to be able to successfully go undercover. Her determination and tenacity has made her the successful DCI she is today and a fantastic fictional police officer to follow through a series. However, I did feel like the majority of this book was a huge deviation from the normal style of cases and almost felt like an interlude with it focusing so much on the missing Jo. But the conclusion to the case brings the characters back into full control and was very satisfying for me to read. 

 

All in all, another excellent addition to the series and I am looking forward to book eight, “Her Last Request”.