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valb's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
annarella's review
5.0
This is the last book in an excellent mystery series, a mix of police procedural and classic whodunnit that kept me turning pages as it’s a gripping and atmospheric story.
What happened in the past is affecting what is happening in the present, a cold case is being reopened as the son of the supposed culprit took his life as his father did.
This is the main plot, a supposed murder without a corpse. A supposed culprit who took his life.
There are a lot of secrets in this story, there a lot of what if and you follow the investigation trying to understand if everything was done to discover the truth.
There’s a subplot involving other characters who seems loosely related to the main story. I didn’t like them at the beginning, but it grew on me and became another fascinating part of the story.
The plot is well crafted, Martin Edwards is a talented storyteller, and this story always kept my attention alive.
Hannah and her teams are well thought and likeable, clever and interesting. Tori is a fascinating character: a mysterious woman who is able to manipulate and get what she wants, even if I didn’t like her, I couldn’t help being fascinated.
There are some slow moments in the middle, but the last part was a rollercoaster, fast paced and action packed.
This book starts and end with a bang.
An excellent, gripping and highly entertaining story that I strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
What happened in the past is affecting what is happening in the present, a cold case is being reopened as the son of the supposed culprit took his life as his father did.
This is the main plot, a supposed murder without a corpse. A supposed culprit who took his life.
There are a lot of secrets in this story, there a lot of what if and you follow the investigation trying to understand if everything was done to discover the truth.
There’s a subplot involving other characters who seems loosely related to the main story. I didn’t like them at the beginning, but it grew on me and became another fascinating part of the story.
The plot is well crafted, Martin Edwards is a talented storyteller, and this story always kept my attention alive.
Hannah and her teams are well thought and likeable, clever and interesting. Tori is a fascinating character: a mysterious woman who is able to manipulate and get what she wants, even if I didn’t like her, I couldn’t help being fascinated.
There are some slow moments in the middle, but the last part was a rollercoaster, fast paced and action packed.
This book starts and end with a bang.
An excellent, gripping and highly entertaining story that I strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
sophiesarney's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
The Crooked Shore is the 8th book in the Lake District Cold-Case Mysteries series but fortunately can be read as a stand-alone book. This series of crime books feature Hannah Scarlett and historian Daniel Kind and the dramas surrounding the Lake District. In The Crooked Shore, DCI Hannah Scarlett struggles as her Cold Case team begin to lose manpower, but PCC Kit Gleadall helps to revitalise the group as Ramona Smith’s disappearance from over 20 years ago resurfaces. This makes it the perfect time for Hannah to shine to bring justice to an old case and race against the clock to save more innocent lives. Only one question is left remaining, who killed Ramona Smith?
What I loved about this book was how everything linked together. The Crooked Shore is split into alternating perspectives, making it flow at a steady pace. The book is quite dialogue-heavy which I enjoyed as it was very easy to keep turning the page to find out more. As well as this, the chapters are relatively short which helped me read more of the book in one sitting.
The Crooked Shore is addictive to read as you don’t know who to trust as some of the characters are unreliable narrators. There are a lot of plot twists and interesting events that intertwine different characters together. As more and more secrets are revealed throughout the book, the plot grows stronger.
For a more in-depth review please check out my blog: https://sophslibrary.com/2021/07/22/the-crooked-shore-by-martin-edwards/
What I loved about this book was how everything linked together. The Crooked Shore is split into alternating perspectives, making it flow at a steady pace. The book is quite dialogue-heavy which I enjoyed as it was very easy to keep turning the page to find out more. As well as this, the chapters are relatively short which helped me read more of the book in one sitting.
The Crooked Shore is addictive to read as you don’t know who to trust as some of the characters are unreliable narrators. There are a lot of plot twists and interesting events that intertwine different characters together. As more and more secrets are revealed throughout the book, the plot grows stronger.
For a more in-depth review please check out my blog: https://sophslibrary.com/2021/07/22/the-crooked-shore-by-martin-edwards/
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