A review by berlinbibliophile
Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves

3.0

Mostly I liked this crime novel and its solution. The setting was interesting, with the isolation of the field station and the birders living in it, and the investigative process was interesting. At the same time, I enjoyed a break from the typical alcoholic miserable divorced detective, because Perez and Fran were genuinely happy and convincing as a couple. At least until the end. It was wholly unnecessary to me to kill off Fran. I was unhappy to see the only significant female character die, and after the crime had been solved and there was no profit in it for the murderer, too. I sincerely hope this doesn't mean the series devolves into focusing on Perez' angst about his fridged fiancée.