In this story we have a tour bus that disappears--with all its passengers on board, a mutilated stuffed dog, an elusive child-killer, a child porn ring, an active theater group....and lots more diverse pieces of what comes together as a well-plotted mystery.
John Coffin is an interesting guy. He's a little more of a worrywart than some other of our stoic male detectives (I'm thinking of men like Adam Dagliesh, George Gideon and the like), but I do like him. One of my small complaints about this series is that there is less action than some other police procedurals. This is because John Coffin is really a desk jockey--a high ranking desk jockey, of course (he is, in fact, the man in charge)--so we don't get to be a part of the action as often as we might if our main character were out on the streets actually doing the detecting. Aside from this, I am liking the Coffin series and look forward to reading more.
Bad language: very little, if any
Sex: none--although John and his lady love Stella are probably sleeping together, we get absolutely no scenes or details
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