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A review by constantreader471
The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves
adventurous
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
4 stars for book 9 in an excellent mystery series set in Scotland. I have read books 1-3 and this one in the series. This one worked for me as a stand alone. DI Jimmy Perez now lives on one of the Orkney Islands, having relocated from the Shetland Islands. He is living with Willow Reeve, his supervisor in the Scotland Police. She is pregnant with their first child. Perez connected with her after the death of his lover Fran.
Jimmy is called to the scene of a murdered man, Archie Stout. Archie was a good friend of Jimmy's, since childhood. The murder weapon was a Neolithic stone, taken from the Westray Heritage Center. It was called a story stone, because of the Viking runes carved on it.
Jimmy, Willow and their team do solve the murder, but there are some false leads, and I did not suspect the killer until near the end of the book. They have to solve it w/o help from the mainland, due to a fog grounding flights and the unwillingness of their colleagues to take the ferry at Christmas holidays.
The violence is all postmortem, and not graphic. Also, there is no sex of bad language.
Thank You St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books for sending me this eARC through NetGalley.
Jimmy is called to the scene of a murdered man, Archie Stout. Archie was a good friend of Jimmy's, since childhood. The murder weapon was a Neolithic stone, taken from the Westray Heritage Center. It was called a story stone, because of the Viking runes carved on it.
Jimmy, Willow and their team do solve the murder, but there are some false leads, and I did not suspect the killer until near the end of the book. They have to solve it w/o help from the mainland, due to a fog grounding flights and the unwillingness of their colleagues to take the ferry at Christmas holidays.
The violence is all postmortem, and not graphic. Also, there is no sex of bad language.
Thank You St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books for sending me this eARC through NetGalley.