Was eagerly anticipating watching this after recently reading the Michael Robotham, Joe O'Loughlin series. There was so much potential as the novels are written fantastically and are superbly suspenseful. Yet ITV have managed to churn out yet another generic detective show- suspense is non-existent and the dark undertone which lurks behind each paragraph in the books is absent. The almost comedic approach to the opening window ledge scene in episode one definitely took the seriousness down a notch. The strong presence of Detective Ruiz is completely overshadowed by that of DS Devi- strange given that in the series of novels Ruiz shares lead with O'Loughlin himself. An obvious equality tick box exercise by ITV (as a woman myself I see this attitude to just 'plonking' us everywhere for the sake of it most frustrating and in this instance detrimental to the storyline). Aidan Turner plays a great Joe O'Loughlin and is actually how I imagined him to present himself, unfortunately for him it's not a one-man-show.

See other user reviews