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Treacherous Strand (Inishowen Mysteries #2)
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bookshelves: mysteries, ireland, edelweiss-read, read-in-2021, amateur-sleuth
Mar 13, 2021
bookshelves: mysteries, ireland, edelweiss-read, read-in-2021, amateur-sleuth
Having read the first novel in this series back in 2018, I'm ashamed to say that it has taken me three years to get to the second one. After reading "Treacherous Strand" I realized that I shouldn't have waited so long. I blame my lengthy TBR.
With themes of infidelity, bloodlines, redemption, and doomsday cults, this novel will keep you interested and the flow of the narrative is smooth. The setting is atmospheric, and the characters likeable.
My only personal quibbles with the story are 1) Ben should have known better than to put herself in some of the circumstances she found herself in; and 2) I'm not comfortable with reading about cults.
The author is a solicitor herself, so that part of the narrative is knowledgeable and convincing. Not gritty by any means, yet somehow more serious than a 'cozy'. The frisson of romantic tension between Ben and policeman/Guard Tom Molloy only slightly impact the story, but in a good way.
I can see how Ben's 'nosiness' coupled with her line of work and her romantic interest in the town's policeman will engender many more interesting stories for this series. It is a series I intend to follow when time permits and I have just purchased the third novel "The Well of Ice" which I am greatly anticipating. Recommended. ♣
With themes of infidelity, bloodlines, redemption, and doomsday cults, this novel will keep you interested and the flow of the narrative is smooth. The setting is atmospheric, and the characters likeable.
My only personal quibbles with the story are 1) Ben should have known better than to put herself in some of the circumstances she found herself in; and 2) I'm not comfortable with reading about cults.
The author is a solicitor herself, so that part of the narrative is knowledgeable and convincing. Not gritty by any means, yet somehow more serious than a 'cozy'. The frisson of romantic tension between Ben and policeman/Guard Tom Molloy only slightly impact the story, but in a good way.
I can see how Ben's 'nosiness' coupled with her line of work and her romantic interest in the town's policeman will engender many more interesting stories for this series. It is a series I intend to follow when time permits and I have just purchased the third novel "The Well of Ice" which I am greatly anticipating. Recommended. ♣
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