What do You think about Blue Genes (2006)?
I took a break from this series, but do want to finish it, and enjoyed this one more than the last couple. As before, Kate investigates a few unrelated cases and solves a personal dilemma at the same time, solving the murder of a fertility specialist who has been treating her best friend Alexis, helping out a punk band whose gigs are being sabotaged by Mancunian organised crime elements, and finding a new partner when Bill falls in love with an Australian and decides to emigrate. The book came out in 1996, so at least she now has a cellphone and the musical references aren't quite as jarring. I liked her musings about silk shirts and how they suddenly became so cheap in the 1990s - I still have tons of them and even wear them occasionally, so wouldn't mind knowing the answer.I didn't like Kate's selfish reaction to Bill's news, and Shelley's is even worse, but they do redeem themselves by the end and resolve their situation in a way that was completely predictable. I also guessed whodunnit for the murder, and despite a bit of action from our kick-boxing heroine, was not gripped, so this still only gets 3 stars, but I'm more optimistic about the last one now.
—The Cats Mother
