I spent the first 75-80% or so of this book thinking it was a solid start to a new police procedural series. It's got a lot of great, traditional mystery elements to it and relies on good detective work throughout to reveal breaks in the case versus big twists. However, the last quarter or so of the book absolutely blew me away. Should I have seen all of these things coming? Maybe, but I think the author did a great job pulling off a surprising and genuinely moving ending without resorting to measures that made it feel like a trick. I really love Natalie Lockhart as a character, and since these seems to be the first in a series, I am interested to see how she reacts and recovers from the events in this book. This is one not to miss!