This book is in my opinion one of the best. I have read this book several times and like some of her other books i am always finding new details i missed. And even though i know the outcome im stil in suspense waiting to find out who did what and when.

This book is perfect for taking on hoilday or chilling at home but beware you might not want to put it down

But suddenly - and clunkily - there are clues that this is fact going to some kind of thriller. Someone is watching Penny; we learn that at least one of her business associates is trying to stitch her up in some way. I felt that this part of the story was told from too many angles in what was presumably a deliberate attempt to leave the reader guessing who was really on which side. When Penny falls for an obvious gangster and is whisked away to yet another glamorous setting for some dodgy dealing with Chinese Triads, the narrative really begins to fall apart. There are glaring inconsistencies (a baddie has his wrist broken, then there is no further mention of the injury) and huge anticlimaxes (what happened to Penny's sister? It's not enough just to have someone say "she's OK", a tense situation was created and really needed to be worked through).

As for the ending, unfortunately the only way out from the tangled web the author has created in order to make the story suspenseful, is to reveal the previously laid-back and uncomplicated hero as a very shady character indeed, hardly any more admirable than his nemesis the gangster. Apparently, because he's inventive in bed (and in the bath and everywhere else), his criminal activities are supposed to be entirely forgiveable. Also, the full details of the past events that led up to the story seem to be given in the wrong order, leaving the ending somewhat confusing, while several minor characters fizzle out altogether. Marielle in particular, who appeared a serious threat at the start of the story, I felt should either have got her come-uppance or some kind of reconciliation, but we never find out what became of her in the end.

I suppose what kept me reading this book was that it had what could have been an interesting plot, if it had been told more clearly and consistently. But everything about the characterisation, dialogue and subplots worked against the sucess of the central story. OK if you are really stuck for something to read or need to swat a fly, but I have seen similar subject matter done much, much better.