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When the group were still in their early 20s and at their very first five-year reunion, one of their members perished in the dangerous waters that surround the island.
DI Vera Stanhope once again displays her sharp wit, her unwillingness to delegate and her dogged persistence in solving another mystery set in the North-East – this time on the mysterious and atmospheric Holy Island, known to southerners as Lindisfarne. 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.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.
Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published. I was excited for this to be released and was really enjoying it until I got to the part where an important plot point is a young woman's false accusation of sexual harassment. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez who can now be found on television in ITV's Vera and BBC One's Shetland.
The Rising Tide is a good addition to the Vera Stanhope series, but some descriptions felt repetitive, and I felt like something was missing in comparison to previous books of the series!
If there is a criticism, it is that there is considerable repetition and too much time spent on the professional competition between Joe and Holly—“She didn’t dislike Joe, but she saw him as competition. There’s a swathe of clues to go through, and false starts, overlayed by the sense of time and Hector’s bits of nonsense bullying Vera from the grave. She is adept at conjuring the texture of their complex relationships, their stories, and the stories they tell themselves to keep on going.
Holy Island has the distinction of being approachable only during certain hours, at low tide, when the causeway is accessible. We all know how difficult it is for women to be believed in the first place, and false allegations are rare.
Holly is a wonderful but young police detective who is always looking for validation from Vera, her boss. They gather together for a hearty evening meal with plenty of alcohol and discuss memories and their present lives.A group of aging friends meet every five years on Holy Island off the Northumberland coast for the past 50 years. She said: "I have never won anything before in my life, so it was a complete shock - but lovely of course.
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