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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
I received this book for free through netgalley for an honest review. I was nervous to read this since it’s the fifth in a series and I hadn’t read the previous books. This was not a problem at all though! I love that there were multiple cases being discussed throughout the book, but it wasn’t too much to make me confused. The short chapters were great too. I couldn’t put this book down. I’m definitely going to be reading more from this author and this series in general. The way finding evidence and the main detectives personal life were interwoven made me continuously wanting more.
adventurous
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
No
5th in the Karen Pirie series and the character is becoming a firm favourite as she continues to head up the Edinburgh historic cases unit while also managing her grief as well as a difficult new boss.
Here a body is found preserved in the Highland peat , the body dates from 1996 but it is buried under two motorbikes hidden there at the end of the second world war. This triggers a really twisty investigation which made for a perfect read on a damp and cold November weekend.
I felt the ending was tied up a little too quickly but nevertheless enjoyable and I am looking forward to book 6.
Here a body is found preserved in the Highland peat , the body dates from 1996 but it is buried under two motorbikes hidden there at the end of the second world war. This triggers a really twisty investigation which made for a perfect read on a damp and cold November weekend.
I felt the ending was tied up a little too quickly but nevertheless enjoyable and I am looking forward to book 6.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Karen Pirie is annoying a lot of people on the force especially her new boss Dog Biscuit. But she is also trying to solve 3 cases in the cold case unit - while trying to keep her new officer in check (assuming that he's spying for the boss) and then there is the extremely well built crofter, who unfortunately is involved in one of the cases.
Without the annoyance of scematically twisted timelines, McDermit weaves the past and the present together and tells great stories as always.
Without the annoyance of scematically twisted timelines, McDermit weaves the past and the present together and tells great stories as always.
As engaging and compulsive read as ever. I am starting to wonder about the appalling relationships between senior ranking officers which seem to inhabit cold case novels, but have no idea about this being likely or not.
Another intriguing story, carefully pulled together from dissonant threads.
I was however, completely wound up about the details of Jewish post mortems. They do indeed exist, as described, however, if this was done, it would be (more than) unlikely that the "body" then remained in the mortuary to be looked at, some (undefined) time later by the team. The "Jewish" post mortem would have been expedited for reasons of faith/family need for speedy burial.
Another intriguing story, carefully pulled together from dissonant threads.
I was however, completely wound up about the details of Jewish post mortems. They do indeed exist, as described, however, if this was done, it would be (more than) unlikely that the "body" then remained in the mortuary to be looked at, some (undefined) time later by the team. The "Jewish" post mortem would have been expedited for reasons of faith/family need for speedy burial.
A great read; as usual. I love Karen Pirie, but I am also enjoying the development of Jason the Mint in this series.