A review by knitter22
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves

4.0

The Long Call is an interesting new mystery series from Anne Cleeves, featuring Detective Inspector Matthew Venn. He's moody, thoughtful, compassionate, and introspective, and we learn much about his backstory when the book opens with him standing outside the church and observing his father's funeral. Cleeves has written this as a character-driven mystery, as she does so well with her other series. Matthew is intriguing, as is his Detective Sergeant Jen Rafferty. Neither of them are stereotypical, and I found Jen especially clever. There are a lot of characters, and the mystery of the man murdered on the beach tends to progress slowly and perhaps even bog down a bit in the middle, but Venn and his friends are interesting and complex enough that I will look forward to future books in this series.

Thanks to Macmillan and Netgalley for providing me with a copy of the book.