n the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Lerwick-Sumburgh road and sweeps down to the sea.

At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. In his mind, she shares his Mediterranean ancestry and soon he becomes obsessed with tracing her identity.

Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit the house. Perez knows he must find out who she was, and how she died.

You could tell that the author is winding the Shetland series down (sadly, boohoo) as it's more about Jimmy Perez perhaps finally coming to terms with Fran's death and moving on in life. The 'crime story' element of this novel was a bit flat and not very convincing but hey, I am looking forward to the last in the series.

Reserved for pam99 as spotted on her wishlist

Sending on to pam99 - happy reading

love this series, very excited to find this surprise RABCK. This is going to end up bumped to the top of Mt TBR, I think...

Agree that the “crime” element of this one wasn’t as sharp, but I do still love the series…

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