Set sail for murder

Sunday, January 13, 2019

I read Raven Black by Ann Cleeves in  short time. It was a good read, a police procedural, with the village as a character. The characters ' thoughts are in italics. It takes place in the Shetland in Scotland. I watched the first episode Red Bones on Netflix and decided I wanted to read the series in order. I did that with Midsomer Murders in PBS, and read all of Caroline Graham's books, but the episodes continued with them being written by Anthony Horowitz. The story in Raven Black is atmospheric with  thriller ending, and a surprise ending for me. Two dead girls, eight years apart, in such a small village. Locals are suspected, especially an older man who is slow-witted. The festival in the book is played out in the Netfix episode Red Bones, so I got an understanding of that from this book. It's a reenactment of a Viking ship and a bonfire. Interesting story. Will read more in the series, which is not a cozy mystery, it's a thriller.