This 13th installment of the Dr. Siri mysteries is again a showcase of Colin Cotterill’s easy yet engaging writing style and crafting of mysteries. I laughed at all the shenanigans with the movie screenplay and the whole courtroom section was really gripping. However, due to the nature of the topic - trafficking of animals with a side dish of child trafficking - I had to skim over a lot of paragraphs because I cannot stomach these types of stories. But I wanted to continue the series nonetheless. I was a little disappointed in the main antagonist (it felt like a neverending story) and was glad that it was finally resolved. And the message at the end was a little too heavy handed for my liking. Overall, a good mystery but not my favourite book in the series (The Merry Mysogynist remains the the worst, though).