A review by mjallirow
Past Lying by Val McDermid

3.0

I debated between 3 and 4 because I truly hated how big a part Covid lockdown face masks two meters apart protocol distancing etc etc played in it. Nothing about Covid interests me I don’t want to think about that. But the mystery was good, the case was interesting and when there wasn’t Covid mentions it was super engaging and easy to read. And it made me want to read the other books in this series from book one, I picked this up in an airport so jumped into a series haha. Also the blurb at the end about the author - sorry she wrote wire in the blood?! She wrote psychologist Tony Hill!? The impact that tv show had on me… so I almost bumped it up to 4 but it was probably more a 3,5 for me and having thought about it 3 seems a little more accurate.