This is the third in a planned "quartet" of books set on the Shetland Islands and featuring police detective Jimmy Perez, a Fair Isle native. Cleeves writes beautifully and constructs a story that is tight and compelling. Having said that, I don't feel that this book stands on its own very well. If a reader picked this one up and read it without the benefit of having read the first two, I think that he might become frustrated with the pacing of the book and lose interest. I HAVE read the first two and I was feeling like finishing the book was more of a chore than a pleasure. In the end, I did enjoy it but I think that Cleeves strayed too far away from her main characters to build a story around people who were not interesting. Too bad. I will read the fourth book ("Blue Lightning") and a actually hope that there are more books featuring Jimmy Perez. He is the strength of this series.
Back to all reviews by this member
Back to all reviews of this book
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details
Back to all reviews of this book
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details
