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|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Crime
|summary=The second book in the series and it's even better than the first. A real pager-turner and an excellent read.
|rating=4.5
|buy=Yes
|date=February 2020
|isbn=B07ZGL6B1B
|cover=B07ZGL6B1B
|aznuk=B07ZGL6B1B
I first met DI Clare Mackay in [[See Them Run by Marion Todd|See Them Run]] and I was impressed. It was the first book in a new series and there was an awful lot to like, so it only took me a moment to decide that I was going to read ''In Plain Sight''. There's always that slight worry that the book won't live up to expectations, but I forgot that very quickly. I was only a few pages in before I was completely hooked. The characterisation is excellent: in ''See Them Run'' I was a little concerned that only DS West from Mackay's police team really came off the page, but that wasn't the case this time around. At the end of the book, I was looking forward not, just to the next novel in the series, but to catching up with people I felt I knew.
The location is good too - firmly rooted in the area to the north-east of Edinburgh. Once again Marion Rodd doesn't rely upon - or even really mention - the golfing and university connections: this is simply the place where real people live, work and have their baby stolen. I could walk the streets, smell the sea air and hear the gulls scream.
The plot is good too. It wasn't one where I was tempted to try and work the answers out for myself: I was happy to be along for the ride and to enjoy a very satisfying solution. I'd like to thank the publishers for letting Bookbag have a review copy.
