A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

When a man is found stabbed to death on the boat he lived on, three women fall under suspicion for various reasons. Paula Hawkins’ latest release explores, through a cast of unusual characters, how circumstances govern human perspective and behaviour.

The plot promises a typical murder mystery. But I was pleasantly surprised to see how the storylines of different characters have been woven together.

In the beginning, the plot execution is weighed down by these individual stories, so much...