When a seemingly innocent professor is found butchered in his office at Exeter University, DS Imogen Grey and DS Adrian Miles are called in to investigate.
As more bodies are discovered it becomes clear there is a link between the victims, but with everyone being tight-lipped it proves to be a difficult race against time.
But are the people being questioned the only ones keeping secrets?
I find it disappointing that I enjoy each instalment slightly less then its predecessor. When I first picked up The Teacher back in 2016, I was hooked. The chapters were short and snappy, making it easy to read “just one more”, but somehow, I have lost that feeling of eagerness. Diamond no longer shocks me, her once funny and likeable protagonists have become a little stale with none of the rapport they once had. I found the developing relationship between Imogen and Adrian took up far too much of the book and therefore my headspace, which made it difficult to focus on the crime.
However, after all that negativity I do still really like this series, and hope Diamond can bring back the suspense and grittiness that made the first few books stand out from the crowd. I would not recommend reading this book as a standalone, start from the beginning and devour them all.
** Thanks to Avon, via NetGalley, for this ARC **
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