White Nights: A Thriller

Shetland, Book 2

De: Ann Cleeves

Narrado por: Gordon Griffin

In this second audiobook of the Shetland Quartet to feature Inspector Jimmy Perez, the launch of an exhibition at The Herring House art gallery is disturbed by a stranger who bursts into tears, then claims not to remember who he is or where he comes from. The next day he's found dead, wearing a clown's mask. Set in mid-summer, the audiobook captures the unsettling nature of a landscape where the sun never quite sets and where people are not as they first seem.

©2008 Ann Cleeves (P)2008 Soundings

Best yet

I've read five Shetland novels and this was the best. I read them out of order but felt this was the most satisfying. The close atmosphere between jimmy and the islanders pervaded the story. The mystery is a bit unfair as facts unknown to the reader emerge at the end of the narrative to solve the "crimes". But it is enjoyable never-the-less. Mike

Ann did it again!

Ann Cleeves character Jimmy Perez is great. He can seem so human and caring and not like you think a policeman or detective would be.

If you're in the mood for a slow unraveling

I wouldn't call this a thriller at all--it's more a slow consideration of the central question--whodunit. If you like small-town murder mysteries that take plenty of time to develop the characters and the setting, this might be for you. It's well-written and offers characters that are easy to care about. The narration is excellent. I loved the first book in the series, but this one didn't hold my attention quite as much.

always a surprise

you never ever know who did it til the last chapter. always an amazing surprise

Good thriller

I love the book couldn’t put it down and sit and listen to it all day and all afternoon looking forward to the next