This was a good, captivating read, there are books that hinge on the ending and books you enjoy the ride and the ending means little. It is hard to read a 450 page book hoping the ending pans out satisfactorily. I think it could have been trimmed a little for the same pay off. French uses foreshadowing well, only toward the end and sparingly, to build up to the denouement but not announce it too early.
All in all it was great. I’ll read more by French. I’m please her Dublin Murder Squad series isn’t based on one detective but seems to be more interrelated characters and different cases.