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jcm 's review for:
Blue Lightning
by Ann Cleeves
*****SPOILER ALERTS*********
The weakest book in the original quartet. Usually Cleeves doesn’t give much away in the actual motives of her killers (or their actual movements) so that when the reveal is made I can both be surprised, and not...if that makes sense.
This book I saw the killer immediately. It was hard not to when the wife was practically hysterical and the motive was so clear. Young, brash, abrasive darling-of-the-moment scientist is found dead amongst a group of bird watchers, who are very competitive. John Fowler stood out like a red-thumb, being the laughing stock of the birding world, with a failed journalism career to boot.
The killing of Fran wasn’t a shock to me because I stupidly looked up the series to see who the actress would be, and didn’t see Fran as a listed character. What bothered me so much about her death was the very little time Cleeve’s spent on it. I mean, it was basically one full page and she was dead. I will keep reading the series, because I do love the setting of the Islands, and how secluded they are and imagining such tight knit communities having a murder amongst them. However, Perez needs to buck up. Cleeve’s spent so little time making us believe in the romance, by giving almost nothing about it (except the booty calls). So I cannot really buy Perez being so devastated.
The weakest book in the original quartet. Usually Cleeves doesn’t give much away in the actual motives of her killers (or their actual movements) so that when the reveal is made I can both be surprised, and not...if that makes sense.
This book I saw the killer immediately. It was hard not to when the wife was practically hysterical and the motive was so clear. Young, brash, abrasive darling-of-the-moment scientist is found dead amongst a group of bird watchers, who are very competitive. John Fowler stood out like a red-thumb, being the laughing stock of the birding world, with a failed journalism career to boot.
The killing of Fran wasn’t a shock to me because I stupidly looked up the series to see who the actress would be, and didn’t see Fran as a listed character. What bothered me so much about her death was the very little time Cleeve’s spent on it. I mean, it was basically one full page and she was dead. I will keep reading the series, because I do love the setting of the Islands, and how secluded they are and imagining such tight knit communities having a murder amongst them. However, Perez needs to buck up. Cleeve’s spent so little time making us believe in the romance, by giving almost nothing about it (except the booty calls). So I cannot really buy Perez being so devastated.