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The Girls on the Shore by Ann Cleeves

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gill4169's review

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cj_mo_2222's review

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4.0

I love Ann Cleeves and love the Matthew Venn series and was eager to read this short story. It is a good story, but VERY SHORT. On my Kindle, it was about 14 pages. The remaining pages are a preview of an upcoming book in the Vera Stanhope series. In spite of the short length, I enjoyed the story and how Matthew's colleague Jen quickly gets to the bottom of a situation of two young girls wandering on the beach alone close to Matthew's home. It made me look forward to a new Venn novel as well as the new Vera book that is previewed at the end. I highly recommend this author and both the Two Rivers and the Vera Stanhope series, but while The Girls on the Shore is a complete story, it's more of a teaser as to how great the Two Rivers series is.

erinmur's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

A nice little short story that adds to the Two Rivers series. Wouldn’t recommend reading as a stand alone but if you’ve read the first two books in the series and are looking for a quick read/listen, this is a good choice.