I really enjoy Ann Cleeves and all her series I have read so far. So when this older series, George and Molly Palmer-Jones, is now being recorded on audio I had to try it. All the books are being released in early January but I only am starting with the first. George and Molly are […]
I’m a big fan of Ann Cleeves. But my view of her work is unusual. I started with the Two Rivers series featuring Matthew Venn. Those were all ebooks except for an audio listen of a novella. I started Shetland on audio but only read one book. Then we watched both Vera and Shetland on […]
This is a new feature I developed where each month we will look at our favorite – the best – series in a genre or topic. The topic here, by my definition, is a series which are set in Scotland. These are the ones which came to mind. I enjoyed some more than others. They […]
The Two Rivers continues with the base of characters remaining the same. The head of the team in Matthew, and his husband, Jonathon runs an art centre.  There’s Jen who is a single parent of two teens. There’s Ross who is a favorite of Matthew’s boss, and is bucking to move up, but needs more […]
I was so happy to continue Two Rivers to see the characters and meet new ones.  The foundation of the series is the characters in the police department along with their family and friends. The head of the team in Matthew, and his husband, Jonathon runs an art centre.  There’s Jem who is a single […]
I got an email about The Long Call and was drawn to it immediately. I love mysteries and police procedurels, even better that it was British. I enjoy the cultural and language differences and all the places mentioned. There was a good mystery with various twists and plenty of interesting characters in fairly small community […]