A review by caroparr
Smoke and Whispers by Mick Herron

3.0

Sarah is the protagonist again, as she comes to Newcastle to ID the body of her friend Zoë. But not is all as it seems, to put it mildly. The plot is overstuffed (medical sociopath, blurred identities, child abuse, a murderer hiding in plain sight, maybe), and some of the incidents strain credulity (I'm thinking of her midnight trip to the warehouse in particular). In other words, the story is all over the place, but I stuck with it because I cared about Sarah and Zoë. Sadly, it seems Herron has abandoned these characters, and I do wish he'd written one more book to wrap it all up. 3.5