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Sea Fever by Ann Cleeves

Sea Fever by Ann Cleeves

August 7, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

“Sea Fever” follows George and Molly Palmer-Jones who are asked to go on a sea excursion to find a man (Greg Franks) who won’t contact his family. Both are reluctant to take the case, but because George is bird mad he agrees and gets caught up on looking at birds. Greg goes missing and then is found roped onto the boat and apparently murdered. George and Molly investigate who would have the motive to kill the young man and why. Well this one definitely had […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ann Cleeves, cbr17bingo, George & Molly Palmer-Jones #6, Sea Fever

Classic's CBR17 Review No:107 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ann Cleeves, cbr17bingo, George & Molly Palmer-Jones #6, Sea Fever ·
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Another Man’s Poison (George & Molly Palmer-Jones #5) by Ann Cleeves

Another Man's Poison by Ann Cleeves

July 15, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

I think every book I read this weekend was a three star read. Nothing Earth shaking at all. I think I am disappointed with this one because the prior George & Molly Palmer-Jones books were really good. This book’s reasoning behind the murder just didn’t make sense because Cleeves in my opinion did something I don’t like with mystery writers, just tossed out information on something you would not get to until they tell you. It just came out of nowhere for me. Also, for […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ann Cleeves, Another Man's Poison, cbr17bingo, George & Molly Palmer-Jones #5

Classic's CBR17 Review No:96 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ann Cleeves, Another Man's Poison, cbr17bingo, George & Molly Palmer-Jones #5 ·
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The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

July 2, 2025 by Classic 4 Comments

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I want to make sure readers know, though this is the continuation of Ann Cleeves Jimmy Perez character, it’s not a “Shetland” mystery, the action takes place on Orkney, several miles off the coast of Scotland. I honestly really enjoyed this book–hence the 5 stars–because I think that Cleeves did a great slow burn of bringing us back into Jimmy’s life and how it’s changed, head nods to […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ann Cleeves, Shetland #9, The Killing Stones

Classic's CBR17 Review No:92 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ann Cleeves, Shetland #9, The Killing Stones ·
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A Lesson in Dying by Ann Cleeves

A Lesson in Dying by Ann Cleeves

February 1, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Updated review from February 1, 2025 Trigger warning: Suicide I received this book from NetGalley, which did not affect my rating or review. Just to make sure people know, I read this back in 2021. I went and re-read a ton of Cleeves back-list. I do feel disappointed I could not continue with her Palmer-Jones series. I really enjoyed it, but most of the books are not available unless they are in paperback somewhere. The Inspector Ramsay series is in my opinion very good. In […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: A Lesson in Dying, Ann Cleeves, Inspector Ramsay #1

Classic's CBR17 Review No:13 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: A Lesson in Dying, Ann Cleeves, Inspector Ramsay #1 ·
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The Rising Tide

The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves

November 14, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

I started getting into the Vera Stanhope novels after the great tv series (you can watch on Acorn via Amazon if you are in the U.S.). I felt a bit disappointed by some of the earlier books because they were a slog to get through. But with the latest installments, this Vera still seems someone similar to the tv series one and also separate at times. Unlike in the tv series, the book series still has Joe and Holly working for Vera. All I have […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ann Cleeves, Vera Stanhope #10

Classic's CBR14 Review No:251 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ann Cleeves, Vera Stanhope #10 ·
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Reviews of the Last Two Shetland Island Books

Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves

Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves

March 28, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Cold Earth review (4 stars) This was a disappointment. I know that the series was obviously moving to a Willow/Jimmy pairing, it just didn’t work for me in the end. And it didn’t help that the case got overshadowed by the will they, or won’t they parts. The actual mystery was good in this, but think that after centering the victim, it seemed as if the author/via Jimmy stopped caring about her when it came out what she was really doing in Shetland. Which leads […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ann Cleeves, Shetland Island #7, Shetland Island#8

Classic's CBR14 Review No:75 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ann Cleeves, Shetland Island #7, Shetland Island#8 ·
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