The Sea Detective

From the start I had a bit of trouble liking the leading characters, but curious where the two plot lines would lead I read on. All loose ends were neatly brought to a close at the books ending, but I still don't know if I am sufficiently interested in the protagonists to move on to the other books. Especially the treatment of Helen Jamieson by her colleagues and superior rankled me. In this day and age, are women still only judged by their looks? Even by other females? One womanizing unpleasant superior would have been enough in my opinion. Jamieson's own insecurity about her looks was too big a part of her personality as well. Maybe I'll try the next book, just to see how and if the personalities are maturing while the author's writing abilities mature.

Great thriller with 3 storylines - starts off wonderfully original. Later on - and over the next 2 sequels - still well written and lively, but less spectacularly fine. Sea-detective is definitively a new genre ;-)