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A review by jennie_cole
The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves
3.0
When TV personality, Rick Kelsall, is found hanging from the beam in his room at a reunion, Vera and her team are called in to confirm it is a suicide. But Vera thinks differently. Every 5 years for the last 50 years a group of school friends get together at the same house on Holy Island and this year it is needed more than ever. Rick has had to leave his job after a scandal. Ken has been diagnosed with dementia so this will be his last reunion, and Philip is thinking of retiring from the clergy. Now the question is who murdered Rick and was it connected to this scandal or the accidental death of a friend at the first reunion.
The Rising Tide is number 10 in the Vera Stanhope series but if you have not read any of the previous books it does not matter, you will not loose out. It is a story that keeps you guessing about who it could be and why. If you enjoy countryside murder mystery stories this is a pretty good one. I will say that the end will have a bigger impact if you have read the previous novels.
The Rising Tide is number 10 in the Vera Stanhope series but if you have not read any of the previous books it does not matter, you will not loose out. It is a story that keeps you guessing about who it could be and why. If you enjoy countryside murder mystery stories this is a pretty good one. I will say that the end will have a bigger impact if you have read the previous novels.