The Sleeping and the Dead by Ann Cleeves
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction
Read: 29th April 2016
A standalone book, this is a little different to the Shetland and Vera series. Whilst remaking in the third person throughout, it does change perspective from the main characters. It starts off from the perspective of Peter Porteous and his Sgt. But then it switches to that of another central character Hannah so we don't see the story from behind the police scenes. That's ok I can deal with that...but as a result, the ending is seen from Hannah in one chapter, her daughter in the next, back to Hannah, then it results in the murders being solved and we missed the police procedural part of the story because we were given Hannah's instead. Despite this, it was a good book, but I was disappointed with the rush to ending where we missed seeing it come together. Maybe I'm used to seeing the puzzles fall into place to make the big picture that it clouds my judgment slightly...but it still is a good book. Great read, with a story that really gets you in.
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