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Holy Island
by L.J. Ross
This is a great thriller story, with all the ingredients of a good crime novel. The setting, the suspects and the unfolding of the events was all well paced, with a very satisfying outcome. Set on Lindisfarne, it leant itself really well to a locked-room type mystery, and the descriptions of the island, its history and its current occupants were very atmospheric.
It’s such a shame that it was let down by the ick of the main DCI’s behaviour. As the first in a long series, these characters had a great opportunity to allow us to get to know them really well, to begin a slow-burn connection that would allow us as readers to get behind them - instead the narration threw us into shallow descriptions and reckless actions that felt like a barrier we had to climb over instead.
It’s such a shame that it was let down by the ick of the main DCI’s behaviour. As the first in a long series, these characters had a great opportunity to allow us to get to know them really well, to begin a slow-burn connection that would allow us as readers to get behind them - instead the narration threw us into shallow descriptions and reckless actions that felt like a barrier we had to climb over instead.