The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves
I started getting into the Vera Stanhope novels after the great tv series (you can watch on Acorn via Amazon if you are in the U.S.). I felt a bit disappointed by some of the earlier books because they were a slog to get through. But with the latest installments, this Vera still seems someone similar to the tv series one and also separate at times. Unlike in the tv series, the book series still has Joe and Holly working for Vera. All I have […]
Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves
Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves
Cold Earth review (4 stars) This was a disappointment. I know that the series was obviously moving to a Willow/Jimmy pairing, it just didn’t work for me in the end. And it didn’t help that the case got overshadowed by the will they, or won’t they parts. The actual mystery was good in this, but think that after centering the victim, it seemed as if the author/via Jimmy stopped caring about her when it came out what she was really doing in Shetland. Which leads […]
Thin Air by Ann Cleeves
I really enjoyed this one. I think it was because the mystery in this one at least made better sense than the last one. It wasn’t great either, but there were clues there that you could follow in retrospect after you got to the end. “Thin Air” takes place 6 months after the events in the last book, “Dead Water”. We follow Inspector Jimmy Perez as he is called away to help find a missing woman who was in Shetland for a wedding party. Many […]
Dead Water by Ann Cleeves
So, we are back here again. I almost passed on reading this since I am still super ticked about the events in the last book. But this came up after being on hold for about 2 months so I decided to read. And then the next book in the series came up for me about 2 hours later. Apparently the Book Gods want me to give this series another go. And I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. This was an interesting mystery and […]
Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves
I don’t know what to say. I have only been in this situation with Elizabeth George and I ended up just giving up on her series. I don’t know if I will finish this series. I don’t see the point. I am honestly so aggravated. Probably because the mystery/flow in this one was so good. And I loved the characters of Jimmy and Fran. Jimmy taking Fran to visit his mother and father and to have a celebration of their upcoming wedding was an interesting […]
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 […]
