A really intelligent read, and no less of a thriller because of it. Ella is a bright twenty something protest organiser trying to assist the last few tenants holding out in almost derelict low income housing. The building is about to be razed to make way for shiny new apartments worth gazillions. And oh, Ella has just killed a man and she and her protester friend Molly throw him down an abandoned elevator shaft. The ethics involved in this situation are complex to say the least, and become increasingly complex at the novel progresses. Some of the novel deals with the now while the other half spirals off, Memento-style, taking us further and further back in time to the origins of the current mess. It’s a great credit to the author that the plot is never lost but you do need to concentrate. It’s worth it. Brilliant to the end. This one’s a keeper.
