I'm struggling to understand why this is such a popular series. The writing is flat, Eve is quite unlikeable and the plot is lacking in pace, only picking up in the last few chapters. I ended up skimming several chapters just to speed things up. Another thing that annoyed me was the reference to the jugular on several occasions when the descriptions were clearly about an artery. I know this was written in the days before everyone watched medical and forensic dramas, but inaccuracies put me off books. I doubt I'll be reading any more of the series.