IN THE DARK By Brian Freeman

I was not entranced by this book. Mr. Freeman's previous Jonathan Stride mystery novels were definitely more engrossing. The plot line was a bit too fragmented in places and several threads were not sufficiently tied together at the end. While Mr. Freeman is a very good storyteller I felt that he sort of dropped the ball with this book. It took me three days to finish which is highly unusual. If a book grabs my attention I will usually read it within a day. This did not grab me by the throat and cause me to drop everything in order to finish it. Based on his previous novels and their ability to draw me in I am going to give this a "meh" rating...... Not bad, not great.