ANYTHING FOR YOU

ANYTHING FOR YOU

BY SAUL BLACK

I almost didn’t get past the first few pages of this book. It first appeared to be nothing more than pornography, and I just wasn’t interested in that. However, I finished the chapter, and things got much better after that. However, be aware that throughout the book there are:

TRIGGERS: sexual abuse, child abuse, graphic sex and language, rape

The story itself was well thought out, even clever, and left me guessing as to how the murder of high-profile prosecutor Adam Grant happened and why. The main character, San Francisco Homicide Detective Valerie Hart, was pretty unlikable to me, but she was very human. Almost too human, as her faults were many and the reader is constantly on edge wondering which former rabbit hole she’s going to go down again. I had not read the first two novels incorporating this character, but this book was fine reading as a stand-alone. I am curious about her past, however, so I may check out the prequels, as long as I’m not slammed in the face with dirty sex on the first page as I was with this one.

Because of the amount of crude language and sexual situations, I was very tempted to just give this one 3 star rating, but I felt the story itself was compelling enough to push it up to a weak 4.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for a copy of this book in exchange for my review. Opinions are my own.