A cold case mystery rounded out with sympathetic and multifaceted characters ... As the tale progresses, they also emerge as fully realized, ordinary people whose decisions, disappointments and triumphs are so believable they could carry a story even with no crime to solve ... There are a lot of characters in We Had a Hunch, and it’s a credit to Ryan’s story-building skills that it’s easy to keep track of everyone. The main characters are kept nicely foregrounded, aided by chapters individually voiced by the three ... This also makes for some nicely sketched contrasts between how today’s tech shapes the perception of a criminal investigation and the pre-social media world of 2000 ... With its psychological curves and emotional twists, We Had a Hunch will keep you turning pages right to the truly surprising conclusion ... Knocks it out of the park.
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