All the stars and more for this magnificent follow up to City of windows featuring the brilliant Lucas Page.
So how do you review a book that you just can’t fault I can’t find the words to praise it enough and after loving the first book so much this was always going to be a read that was a hard act to follow but it did the job and il loved it just as much as the first if not more !!
The story begins with a bang and that is quite literally one hell of a bang as there is a massive explosion at Guggenheim Museum in New York City leaving horrific scenes of carnage and killing 702 people. From then on we are taken on a thrill a minute ride as Lucas Page is reluctantly brought in to assist in helping and things just go from bad to worse when more explosions start to happen with no real reason to connect them.
What I have loved about both of these books by Robert Pobi is not only are they completely absorbing I also learn so much and go from reading some laugh of loud
dialogue to some facts that I find so interesting I have to bore the life out anyone who will listen !
Genius writing by Mr Pobi hats off again to you for creating the character of Lucas Page who is in the top ten of my favourite characters but also all the other people who are in the book all completely believable as is the fabulous plot line. I again now hope that we will hear more from this excellent series.
My thanks to NetGalley and Hoddor & Stoughton for giving me the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

If there was ever a book I was dying for to read, it was this one. I was very disappointed when Edelweiss declined me, but strangely enough I got a message from them that I should request for it at Netgalley. Which I did and yes, Netgalley made my day!

Once again, Lucas Page is drawn in active service for the FBI and once again, he can only solve the case due to his unique way of thinking. On the other hand, he keeps saying this time that it is all simple mathematics and chemistry. And as the story unravels, you cannot but understand why. That is one thing that is so good about this book: Page is not a superhero. He is just a man who's brain works a little different, and given enough time and resources other people could have solved this case too. But the way Page does is is unforgettable and even though he is quite damaged at the end of the book, he only comes out stronger.
One little note: at the start of the book there is someone who thinks about the lock down period due to the Corona virus. And further on in the book there is also a reference to that. I didn't like this. First of all, we are still in the middle of the pandemic and in the book it looks like it never happened. Second of all, those two references have no purpose at all in the story. So for me, this is not working. I hope the author decides to skip them in the final book.

Thanks to Netgalley for this digital review copy.
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