I'd read a contemporary romance by Ms. Kingsley and really liked it so I thought I'd grab this one when it came out. Unfortunately, I don't think murder mysteries are her genre.
There were a lot of plot holes while at the same time too much was given away. The characters, aside from Rick, were generic. Alec is the hot-tempered Scots detective who talks like Jamie Fraser (most Scots, even in the Isles, don't talk like that and Alec lived in Edinburgh for years). Rosie is weak-willed and all over the place. She can't control her son but brings him to Scotland with her to pick up her sister's body because? I have no idea. The kid is rude even for an adolescent.
The fact that Alec is trucking the two of them around while investigating the murder was just unbelievable. Almost as unbelievable as Alec and Rosie smuggling her sister's body out of the crematorium. Or them having hot sex in the middle of a murder investigation. And while I like Outlander as well as the next person, the constant references grated.
It's a long book and I skimmed through a lot of the end. It just wasn't for me. ( )