Geoffrey Arnold
A definite page-turner. Two mysteries entwined with Gina Gray’s on-going relationship with the Detective Superintendent, along with another relationship beautifully handled. The subsidiary characters are fully brought life with great economy of words. This is the first of Penny Freedman’s Gina Gray series I have read. I found Gina to be as she describes herself: impatient and self-centred, to which I add acerbic and opinionated, to such an extent that I disliked her from very early on. Because her life has been turned upside-down by an event which has produced a double shock – the event itself and her emotional discoveries. Whilst I will start reading at the beginning of the series, I especially look forward to a future novel to see how a young Freda Gary, GG’s granddaughter, blossoms. How much will she be a “Chip off the block”?
