If like me you are addicted to the new American TV drama Rizolli and Isles then this is the book for you. Intrigued to see where it all started I decided to read the first in the series. This book is exactly the beginning of the story and although linked to the show by no way depicts stories that you have seen in the show instead enhancing them.

The book features tough cop Rizolli and her relationship with her partner Thomas Moore her first partner. It gives you an insight into her character and how hard she found it to advance in the police force. However fans of the TV maybe disappointed to know that there is no mention of Laura Isles as of yet she does not feature until the second book in the series.

On its own merit though this book is an excellent read, a page turner that keeps you hooked until the last page, even though as a fan of the series you think you know where it will end. A brilliant crime novel which has left me eager to read the second in the series now and take these characters further