The Rising Tide: A dark, atmospheric mystery from bestseller Ann Cleeves, featuring Vera Stanhope, star of ITV's Vera

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Raven Black was shortlisted for the Martin Beck award for best translated crime novel in Sweden in 200.

Vera is a star of a protagonist, overweight, with a shambolic appearance that has her giving off the vibes of a bag lady, and here she is mistaken as a cleaner, not that it bothers her in the slightest.I hated it, it sort of spoilt the book for me, but I just reminded myself of how much I’d enjoyed it up to this point, and accepted it for what seemed like a cheap trick…. It wasn't very interesting and if not for the obligation I felt having been given early access on NetGalley from the publisher, I wouldn't have finished the book.

Ann Cleeves is well known for her popular Shetland Island mystery series, featuring Detective Jimmy Perez and her Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope mystery series, set in northern England. Due to her sloppy appearance, people tend to underestimate her as a detective but come to admire her sharp intelligence and crime-solving skills. It really puts me off because it doesn't do anything to advance the character development or the story itself, and it's just cruel.Auf Holy Island (früher Lindisfarne) in Northumberland trifft sich seit fünfzig Jahren alle fünf Jahre eine Gruppe ehemaliger Schüler zu einem Klassentreffen. The story takes place on Holy Island, connected to the mainland by a causeway, The rising tide covers the causeway twice a day, making it inaccessible by car when the tide is high, and isolating the site. In 1987 Tim, Ann and their two daughters moved to Northumberland and the north east provides the inspiration for many of her subsequent titles.