I have read the first two books in this series and from what I remember about them, I liked them and found them compelling. This for me, while fairly well written, kind of veered into the 'not-like-other-girls' genre of female characters, in that she was an academic, and an Investigator, and a SWAT team member, all at the same time. Some of the fight scenes were a little ridiculous and there were a lot of unnecessary descriptions of things that in no way enhanced the plot. I think my favourite part of this book was the description of a poor community, the kind of one for all mentality combined with a 'never-talk-to-the-police' motif. You get the impression that this is definitely how these kind of places allow organised crime to flourish. Also how figures like Escobar become folk heroes while also meeting out horrendous violence to their detractors.

I have bought the next book in the series so I will continue and see where it leads.