A review by julia_may
The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves

3.0

It's a decent mystery and started off well but the book felt 20% too long, and many characters too alike to keep them separate in my mind. I didn't like how the resolution was dealt with, I didn't find it convincing and the whole thing fell flat for me. Several characters' behaviour leading up to and during the resolution was too ridiculous to be believable - this was likely to up the ante for the climax but it felt like a farce. I think I might stick to watching the show instead.