I’ve read a couple of earlier Rebus books, but not been enamoured enough to start at the beginning and work though as I have with other series. They do stand well on their own though and I never feel like I’m missing any back story. The crimes are quite complex in this, with two seeming unconnected crimes being investigated. At times I felt it wasn’t really going anywhere and at others that clues were just picked out of thin air, but overall not a bad read.