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A review by strawberrymivvy
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
A decent read, in an enjoyable series, but I think perhaps because the location was so confined/limited this time around, I enjoyed it less than the previous one in particular.
A minor local celebrity, a sailing hero, turns up in a small coastal community out of nowhere, spends a few nights propping up the bar, then disappears again and nobody bats an eyelid. Then his body is found in an abandoned boat by the local lifeboat on a dark and stormy night, and Venn and his team are called in, ultimately having to take rooms at the pub as the storm worsens and roads are cut off.
Somehow I didn't really care about the characters in the book and who was guilty or not guilty, and we didn't spend as much time with Jen and Ross as in previous books in the series. Plenty of scope for this to become a long series, with Jonathan's "cliffhanger" at the end forming part of a future mystery I'm sure.
A minor local celebrity, a sailing hero, turns up in a small coastal community out of nowhere, spends a few nights propping up the bar, then disappears again and nobody bats an eyelid. Then his body is found in an abandoned boat by the local lifeboat on a dark and stormy night, and Venn and his team are called in, ultimately having to take rooms at the pub as the storm worsens and roads are cut off.
Somehow I didn't really care about the characters in the book and who was guilty or not guilty, and we didn't spend as much time with Jen and Ross as in previous books in the series. Plenty of scope for this to become a long series, with Jonathan's "cliffhanger" at the end forming part of a future mystery I'm sure.