Suspect (Michael Robotham)

There is a lot that's good in this mystery thriller, especially for a first novel. The protagonist is competent but flawed and has to overcome a devious plot to save himself and his family. The tension keeps climbing, and I was always wondering what was coming next. I did have some problems with it though. <SPOILERS!> For someone so smart, he could be frustratingly stupid. He is on the run from the police who suspect him of one murder when he goes to a friend's house and finds the friend murdered. Does he immediately notify the police, when there are people who can testify that he just left them and didn't have time to commit the crime? No, of course not. He wanders all over the crime scene, poking his fingers into things, leaving his traces everywhere, and then runs. But then at the end, despite a disability that keeps locking up his leg, he runs a quarter mile to the next crime scene, beating the police there. Really? So although I did enjoy the book and can recommend it, there was some mighty strenuous suspension of disbelief required.