Red Bones by Ann Cleeves
So this was a mess. Nothing made sense and I just wanted this book to be over. I fell asleep a few times while reading this. I think the main issue is that we follow Sandy through a lot of this book and he’s not an engaging character. I read “Blue Lightning” right after this and I am going to regret that forever. I don’t know if I will finish the series after that book. I think the reason why I just didn’t get into […]
The Girls on the Shore by Ann Cleeves
So that was a disappointment. I have read other short stories by Cleeves before and this one was just kind of set before you with I thought way too many adults ignoring the situation that is revealed to us. No spoilers but I really wanted to go so are you an officer or not to DI Matthew Venn and then later to his colleague Jen that shows up. I will say that the first part of the book with Venn spying two girls walking along […]
The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves
Not a bad book. But it did get very complicated towards the end. I still loved visiting with DI Matthew Venn and the rest of the community though. The biggest issue I had with this book though is that you can kind of understand the why behind the first murder, but the rest of the case and how it went just had me going really after a while when you get to the reveals. I am sure someone out there has noted plot holes. The […]
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
Well I definitely didn’t see that coming. I’m really enjoying the Shetland books and I can’t wait to read book #3. The main reason why I gave this four stars though is that the ending this time didn’t really work for me. I think having a character give a “dump” of facts on Jimmy at the end just didn’t work. I also wanted to say really that’s what this was all about when we get to the why behind the murders. I don’t know. It […]
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
I really loved the first book in the “Shetland Island” series. I think the main character of Jimmy Perez is so different (in a good way) from Vera that I want to continue and finish up this series this year if I can. I think what hit me (in another good way) was that the residents of this community feel a bit out of sync with the real world. Jimmy is at a crossroads a bit in this book (leave policing and return back home […]
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
Disclaimer: I received a free ARC of THE LONG CALL by Ann Cleeves from Macmillan in an exchange for an honest review. The first book I read by Cleeves was the fifth book in her Shetland series, which is not the way to start that series. But eventually because people I knew loved Vera, I started to watch it, and then watched Shetland. So, when an opportunity came to get in on a new series, I grabbed it. Matthew Venn is not your normal brooding […]
