This was fine. I appreciate that it falls into the very slim genre of mysteries written by women of color that touch on social issues and don’t glorify cops. The climactic, mystery-resolving final 30 pages revealed mustache-twirling caricatures of villains with implausible motives and a propensity for contrived expositional monologues. (“I’ll tell you everything – it doesn’t matter because you’re about to be dead!”) But that’s a common mystery novel problem, so nbd. I like a badass, problematic female antihero. The writing was a little bit clunky, but I got pulled into the story as it progressed. I will probably read more of these, because it’s so refreshing to read a thriller that paints cops as bungling obstacles rather than heroes. I liked the low-key environmental justice themes. I liked that a drag queen and two gay were the most likable characters. I didn’t like the weird moments of totally random and unnecessary transphobia!