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

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Auf Holy Island (früher Lindisfarne) in Northumberland trifft sich seit fünfzig Jahren alle fünf Jahre eine Gruppe ehemaliger Schüler zu einem Klassentreffen.

Now a second member of this small group, journalist Rick Keisail has hung himself in his room on the reunion weekend. I have enjoyed all the Vera books (as I also love the tv series--I hear Brenda Blethyn's voice now when I read the books) but this one is, I think, my favorite. The story starts with a reunion of friends who meet every five years and, of course, there are hidden secrets and past sins that are threatening to resurface to the point that someone desperate enough is led to murder to keep his secrets hidden!Per usual, Cleeves gives us perspective not on just the group of friends, but also Vera, Joe, and Holly. Auch Ehepartner sind darunter und aus einigen ehemaligen Schülern waren zwischendurch auch mal Ehepartner geworden.

I know the island well, and many of the other locations, so, for me, this really adds another layer of pleasure to this favourite series. The obvious suspects are the reunion participants followed by Rick's supervisors, co-workers, acquaintances, and so on.

Once the interviews with the suspects lessen, the story picks up briskly, with many unexpected reveals, twists and turns, and a big shock near the end.

Plus some good moments as the protagonists contemplate the fact they are coming to the ends of their lives and wondering whether they should have taken different decisions in the past. Even other characters' POV seems to compare their meals to how Vera Stanhope eats when she's NOT EVEN IN THE SCENE.Die Figur, die von Ann Cleeves geschaffen wurde und von Brenda Blethyn dargestellt wird, ist unheimlich sympathisch in ihrer knorrigen Art. It’s a well written novel with a plot that goes at a brisk pace and which is extremely well thought out, it thickens and deepens taking us on a twisty journey backwards and forwards across the causeway to Holy Island. Taking place on Holy island, an island that is blocked off when the tide rises, a group of now elderly school friends meet for a scheduled reunion, but not all survive. 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. Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.

THE RISING TIDE is yet another example of Cleeves’ skillful writing, especially including a reference to COVID without dwelling on it. If I have one criticism, it’s that the killer’s motive didn’t feel strong enough - it felt like a situation that could have been ridden out without resorting to murder. Ann is the author of the books behind ITV's VERA, now in it's third series, and the BBC's SHETLAND, which will be aired in December 2012. So along with delving into the complaints made about Rick recently, secrets from the past are set to be revealed as the team interview others who are part of the picture, including Rick's ex-wife Charlotte, retired teacher Judith Marshall, Annie's ex-husband, Daniel Rede, local boy made good with his exclusive holiday developments along the stunning coast, and his partner, PCC Katherine Willmore.In addition to questioning the four who last saw Rick and were also witnesses to events prior to Isobel's death, other vital connections may play a role in the murder and its solution. Cleeves takes the time to introduce us to each of the friends and the death doesn’t occur for several chapters. This story takes place in England and all the high school reunions take place on Holy Island and the reunions are always in same place. They were the only residents, there was no mains electricity or water and access to the mainland was at low tide across the shore. In this standalone that includes characters Joe and Holly, murder suspects drop their defenses before Colombo-like detective Vera Stanhope, a character who understands natives and criminals better than most—and who seems to carry a deep empathy for them all.