Blauwe maandag

With my recent increased interest in more plot-focused books, I had high hopes for this initial entry in a mystery series focused on Freida Klein, a London-based psychoanalyst who is drawn into the police investigation of a missing boy when a patient tells her about having strange dreams about a child that looks just like the one who has been taken. But honestly it fell pretty flat for me. You can tell it's setting up a series because the first third of the book is dedicated to setting up Freida's circumstances and introducing the various people in her life, which makes it feel draggy. Once things did start moving along, I just found myself with so many questions that the narrative had no interest in answering. There are some twists, of course, but it felt like one of them in particular just became an excuse for lazy plotting. Though there are some interesting characters, I doubt I'll continue this series.