Yeah, and when she does add an element of lightness like -- spoilers for the first few books, I assume you've read them -- Cassie and Sam, or Frank reconnecting with his ex, you can tell she doesn't actually care about that part much at all.

Basically, what I want is to read a French book which does not contain a line, always somewhere around the 70% mark, that goes something like, "when in the dark of night I look back on it, at least I know that for that one moment, I got everything right on the case." Because every. book. has it, and it always signals the same thing.