The adventures of Mirabelle Bevan and her team get better and better. The author, Sara Sheridan, is not afraid to portray a main character who on the surface is intelligent, urbane and controlled, but who privately feels all the uncertainties and self-doubt of a woman who lost her lover before he could keep his promise to divorce his wife. From the first volume in the series, where Jack's death left her certain her emotional life was effectively over, she has discovered that the daily challenges of her twin jobs (debt recovery and a little light sleuthing on the side) are forcing her to become once again the vibrant, passionate woman she used to be.