![]() ![]() Strike had calmed down enough to think somewhat rationally by that point. I think I am going to agree that the thing with selling the story to the reporter, and advertising so blatantly for Robin's replacement, THAT was a ploy. A lot of people have commented on my review over the last few years saying he only fired her to keep her safe, but no, that's not it. He was genuinely angry with her, and unless the narrative is hiding something from us, or being deliberately misleading (which I seriously doubt), that was an action that was very much real at the time it was made. So firstly, having now re-read this, I can state with approximately 99% surety that Strike firing Robin was not a ploy. Spoilery discussion of several plot points below. (I'm leaving my rating at 4.5, rounding down, for now, because of the ending. I love the dead tree versions of this book, but the audio adds another level. June 2018: This review is mostly going to be me responding to some of my own thoughts from my first review, with some extras thrown in for example, how I was considering raising this to five stars because I loved Robert Glenister's narration so much. ![]()
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