Here is what I wrote on Amazon.ca: Spoiler Alert! The only appealing portion of this book was oddly enough the last section called 'The Appeal' which was ruined by the fact that I needed to suspend all my common sense to believe the premise of the story. Is the reader seriously expected to believe that Mulligan is not instantly recognized by anyone he encounters when he is dressed up as Irene? Police? Lawyers? Anyone? He would have needed a Hollywood makeup team to pull that off. What a dreadful waste of time.

Best Beech'm

I enjoyed Deverell's book more than some of the crime books on the New York Best Sellers list. The central issue surrounds a topic in the news - sexual assault of First Nation children in residential schools. Deverell weaves several story strands together as his main lawyer character, Arthur Beauchamp, reviews a case he defended in his youth. Deverell unravells the mystery of this intriguing case just at the very end of the book. A most enjoyable read!

His best yet!

Deverell's mysteries are good, the courtroom events are realistic and fairly tense, his writing is solid, and there is the added thrill (for us on the Wet Coast) that he writes about Vancouver and the environs.

"There is a great courtroom drama here, something that Deverell excels at, and an even better denouement with a twist nobody will guess." Margaret Cannon Globe and Mail