Review: Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)
Gaby Meares
I thought this was the first in the series! No wonder it seemed to start in the middle! I have watched the BBC series, so I knew the characters, and this book explains a lot about Jimmy Perez’s personality. I can now also see why the purists are unhappy about the casting of Douglas Henshall as Perez - physically you couldn’t find an actor more unlike the Perez that Ann Cleeves describes.
Anyway, even though I have come into this series at book 4, it was a fantastic read. The descriptions of the weather on Faire Isle are so evocative, I felt constantly cold while I was reading! Great plot - huge surprise at the end (enough said). I will now go back to the first book. Ann Cleeves know what she is about.