Definitely the strongest book of the trilogy! Probably more like 4.5 stars, but I'm staying true to my practice of rounding down. I read this in two days and enjoyed it a lot - particularly because the return to a story that includes the paranormal makes it a lot easier to just go with the flow and accept the story as is, instead of expecting a tight detective mystery where all t's have to be crossed and all i's dotted. 
 2016 reading challenge: a horror book