The Healer

Another very good installment about the O'Malleys. Very sad, too, with Jennifer barely clinging to life after cancer treatments and trying to stay present with her siblings and husband while heavily dosed on pain meds—and a school shooting on top of all of that.

The mystery side of things was very much a side issue, with very little to figure out/solve for the reader. I liked how we got to see Cole and Rachel in their work settings, but Rachel's family drama overshadowed the story so strongly that Cole ended up a trifle underdeveloped. Also, a lot of the crime stuff was told instead of shown (“so and so had been arrested last week” when it was a pretty important arrest).

Otherwise I loved it all. Have a box of Kleenex handy! And make sure you've read the other books in the series first.