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  • Written by: Ann Cleeves
  • Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
  • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (110 ratings)

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Blue Lightning

Written by: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
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Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to Fair Isle. It’s a community where strangers, while welcomed, are still viewed with a degree of mistrust. With the autumn storms raging, the island feels cut off from the rest of the world. Tempers among the trapped islanders become frayed. Enough to drive someone to murder? 

When a body is discovered, the islanders react with fear. With no support from the mainland, Jimmy has to investigate the old-fashioned way. And with no way off the island until the storms abate, he knows he has to work quickly. There’s a killer on the island waiting for the opportunity to strike again.... 

©2010 Ann Cleeves (P)Isis Publishing Ltd

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Had to stop listening

I let the book run out to the end but stopped listening at chapter 20. I knew what was coming and didn’t want to hear it. I don’t know what the author’s motivation was in writing this into the plot, but I was invested in the characters and felt betrayed (grateful, though, for spoilers I inadvertently came across). Still, I will go on to Dead Water and hope for a more uplifting experience.

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Another great Shetland story

The Shetland series of books by Ann Cleeves is a great way to learn about the islands. Her writing describes the topography and highlights of localities in a way that you yearn to visit. The crimes, as incongruent as they are to fit with the nature of Shetlanders is a conduit to a locale that is beautifully raw.

As always, Kenny Blyth does a superb job narrating.

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  • 2021-04-25

Superb...as always!

Ann Cleeves did it again. I was just as absorbed and intrigued by this Perez novel as the previous I’ve enjoyed. And the narrator is simply THE best!
No question that I’ll be getting the next one in the series.

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ok

Picked this up months and months ago during an Audible sale, along with three others in the series. I don't exactly regret it, but they just aren't to my taste.
I sort of remembered this from the TV version, although it was quite different. It was... ok, like the others I've listened to so far, it's very slow. Very. The story wasn't particularly exciting. It was a bit of a locked room mystery, which isn't my thing. The fact that I more or less remembered the solution didn't help. Also, the characters were almost uniformly unlikable, again. Such sad, petty, amoral people. The first victim was atrocious and I found myself not caring when she was killed. Oh, and then the writer WENT THERE with victim 3. It felt so melodramatic and unnecessary, but also very calculated.
Overall, it was alright for passing the time at work.

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Blue Lightning

Very good story. Was very surprised and shocked by the ending. Great narrator. Highly recommend book. A very enjoyable read.

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excellent

hated the final twist, but an excellent story/plot, totally loving Perez as a character, already downloaded the next in the series to see where this is going

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