Even though The Final Cut is the sixth book in the Dr. Rhona MacLeod series, it’s the first of Lin Anderson’s thrillers I’ve read. It won’t be my last.
The story is filled with strong, but flawed characters, pretty much all of whom are highly relatable. I understand that Rhona and DS Michael McNab have a romantic history, and its demise here will mean more to readers who have read the previous novels in the series. But the remnants of a relationship that has run its course are clear to readers new to the books as well.
It’s easy to empathize with Rhona, Chrissy, and McNab. Not so easy to relate to the deranged killer, which is as it should be. Both Claire and her seemingly clairvoyant nine-year-old daughter, Emma, are more complex than they first appear, and in some ways, they create as many problems for Rhona and the rest of the investigating team as they do solutions. But in the end, Anderson’s characters are “real” with normal problems in life, who sometimes have the most trouble when they have to communicate with each other. You know, as normal people do.
The tension builds quickly and never lets up. This is the very definition of a page-turner. Even though we hear from the evil killer himself a few times in the book, and we see Rhona and McNab move ever closer to figuring it all out, I was caught completely by surprise by the ending. I’m guessing you will be too.
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