Just of late Banks has been investigating cases that are very personal. Still recovering from the fire which destroyed his cottage Banks finds himself embroiled in the murky world that is his brother Roy's life, juggling the responsibilities of his job and trying to protect his parents although Roy was the black sheep of the family to Banks he was the apple of their eye to his parents. It was a little bit of stretch for me but I managed to fully immerse myself into this one as it was coming so close on another highly personal case. I feel it is time for Banks to get back to being a detective and working with his colleagues as a co-operative effort. However, despite this I really enjoyed reading the story and it gets full marks from me.