A review by jlmcnair
The Special Dead by Lin Anderson

4.0

This is the first novel of Lin Anderson's that I've read. It came to my attention via enthusiastic reviews on Twitter from authors I follow. What I hadn't realized was that it was the 10th book in a series. Not a series in the sense of one continuous storyline (e.g. Game of Thrones) but a series based around the main character, in this case, forensics specialist Rhona MacLeod. While I guess each MacLeod novel is more or less a standalone, this one constantly referenced a past case -- probably the events of book 9 in the series? It was a bit frustrating on that front and I often wondered if I should maybe stop reading this one and read the 9th book instead. I even debated maybe starting from the very beginning with book 1, but couldn't find it as an epub from the Kobo store, so that wasn't an option.

Anyway, I did enjoy the story, and will likely read more in the series.