I wasn't as keen on this book as I have been on some of the others in the series but I don't know whether that's more about what's happening in my life than the book. I thought the incompetence of the police, the sheer, flat out, that-would-never-happen, aspects of this case (random police officers commandeering trained firearms officers guns anyone?) along with the whole dick swinging 'my agency is better than your police force' shenanigans from the SOCA liaison officer made parts of this story utterly ridiculous. The actual crime they were trying to investigate was background noise.

Don't get me wrong, it's well written and fairly amusing but it's just preposterous.