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The Darkest Evening
by Ann Cleeves
This review is courtesy of NetGalley.
The Darkest Evening is book nine of Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series. It was my first exposure to this incredible female detective that my mother has been trying to get me into for years (she's a big fan of the Vera show). Now I understand why.
Maybe it's the difference between American and British writers and directors, but I've noticed how the American female detectives have to be stunningly beautiful, thin, and know every kind of combat technique; where the Brits write their women and detectives as real hardworking average people. I loved that about Vera. She's ordinary but skilled.
In The Darkest Evening, there are so many family secrets and small town drama revealed. I could not guess who the murderer was. The pacing kept things moving forward especially since Cleeves allowed secondary characters in the detective unit to share their experiences working on the cases of the two murders which were clearly linked.
There are notes of domestic abuse in terms of gaslighting; a young woman maturing into her own but her male partner trying to control her life; and struggle for custody of a baby.
The Darkest Evening is book nine of Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series. It was my first exposure to this incredible female detective that my mother has been trying to get me into for years (she's a big fan of the Vera show). Now I understand why.
Maybe it's the difference between American and British writers and directors, but I've noticed how the American female detectives have to be stunningly beautiful, thin, and know every kind of combat technique; where the Brits write their women and detectives as real hardworking average people. I loved that about Vera. She's ordinary but skilled.
In The Darkest Evening, there are so many family secrets and small town drama revealed. I could not guess who the murderer was. The pacing kept things moving forward especially since Cleeves allowed secondary characters in the detective unit to share their experiences working on the cases of the two murders which were clearly linked.
There are notes of domestic abuse in terms of gaslighting; a young woman maturing into her own but her male partner trying to control her life; and struggle for custody of a baby.