A Madness of Sunshine

Atmospherically, I can understand the comparison to Jane Harper; but the clunky writing and two-dimensional characters prevented me from being sucked into Nalini Singh's A Madness of Sunshine. The inhabitants of Golden Cove are cardboard cutouts and it seems like there are no good men in this place - almost all of them are given shady pasts or are of questionable character, and there's even a two-for-one deal on psychopaths.

Singh does a good job of creating small-town-New-Zealand ambiance and the ominous feeling of living so close to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness in a remote location. Unfortunately, I just didn't care about any of the people she wrote into the setting.