You have all the original Mulvaney children, and now their partners/ fiancées/husbands, plus children/grandchildren, the nanny/baby mother, computer genius Calliope, her son and his lover, and any extra cast we’ve had thrown in along the way. If there’s one issue, and it can’t be helped, it’s a surfeit of characters. James brings in several new characters like Lola who works with Aiden as well as familiar ones like Calliope, her son and his partner, Atticus and Jericho’s adopted “kids”, who soon will get their own series. All of which have had consequences in the past as well as present a variety of ways. One rife with parental abuse, intentional cruelty, and malicious neglect.

Unsurprisingly, we’re dealing with a tragic and traumatic childhood. And what’s been behind the bitterness and sadness that’s kept Aiden and Thomas apart for years. Here we learn the details of Aiden’s adolescent, the events that led him to Thomas and the Mulvaney family. That’s Aiden, who came into the family as a young teenager from a well connected family who pressured Thomas to take him. The Mulvaney storyline and romantic drama features the head of the family, Thomas Mulvaney with an emphasis on his past, and the odd adopted “child” of the Mulvaney brood. It’s ends on an assassin’s revenge, death, and a bang on conclusion that brings the entire Mulvaney clan, extended family and friends together for one last murderous investigation and romance. Maniac brings Onley James’ Necessary Evils to a close as you’d expect from a series about a family of psychopaths and their partners.

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