I enjoyed this but probably not as much as I would have if I had read earlier ones in the series. I read some years ago, but apparently a lot has happened since! James is such an elegant writer, but I wished I had it on my Kindle so I could look up some of the words without searching out a dictionary!
The victim here is not sympathetic and less so after her murder as we find out more about her. I might have missed it, but didn't see the answer to the question about why she was having her scar removed...because she didn't need it anymore. Why? Also, the murderer is absolutely wacky and Sharon still seems pathological even if she was naught but a red herring.