You know how you can turn on the TV and watch any episode of Law & Order and enjoy it regardless of whether you've seen the show before? Law & Order: SUV on the other hand requires more of an investment. One needs to know what has happened in the lives of the detectives and attorneys and how that relates to the case at hand. This book is more like Law & Order: SUV.
I had never read a book by this author before, and I felt like I was jumping in halfway through the season. The authors refer frequently to events of past books without explaining why these events are relevant. They assume you already know. Nothing on either cover or the inner flap informs you that this might be a series you'd want to read from the beginning.
The first half of the book read like a harlequin romance novel with multiple sexual encounters that were described lightly, leaving much to the reader's imagination. The second half of the book was more like the mystery novel this book purports itself to be.
The ending left quite a bit to be desired. Although the main 'mystery' of the book was solved, the ramifications are more than I'd like my hero/heroine to have to experience. I may be judging this a little harshly, since it's really quite far from my favored genres. When my husband, who owned the book initially, saw that I was going to read this, he said I was in for a treat. Again, I think those who'd read the other books featuring this character would enjoy it more. ( )