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Trespasser finished

Stronger editor would have made for a stronger book.  The murder is solved, and then a bunch of possibilities are thrown out to unsolve it, and then the original "solve" turns out to be -- as it should have been -- the correct solve.  There is something a bit pat about the ending. Antoinette realizes that a great many of her wounds are self-inflicted.  Instead of quitting, she will march on, friends again with her partner, determined to face the next case . . .
But.  Most of this is exciting, well-written, engaging . . . good stuff!


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