Publication Date: April 8,
2021
Format: Audio Genre: Mystery Thriller Narrators: Ben Aldridge
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Publisher: Macmillan Audio Length: 11 hours 36 min Buy: Kindle | Audio
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Synopsis
In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective
Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral
takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he
grew up in, he lost his family too.
Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his
team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an
albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.
The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past, as
deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed, and his new life is
forced into a collision course with the world he thought he’d left
behind.
Review:
This was a great police procedural. Matthew Venn comes from a strict
evangelical community when he leaves he craves the regiment of the
community so he joined the police. Now he is a strictly by the book police
officer. His husband works at a community center that hosts art classes
and day school for people with disabilities.
A man who worked at the center is found dead on the beach and two women
with mental disabilities go missing. All things point to the center.
This was a good introduction to Detective Venn and his co-workers. I like
Brit police procedurals there is such a difference in how they do their
jobs compared to the USA. The absence of guns actually leads to more
investigation and less death.
Matthew and his husband seem very different and Matthew doesn't seem
confident in his relationship constantly feeling that his husband
shouldn't be with him. That he isn't good enough. I think a lot of
this goes back to his evangelical upbringing and being disowned by his
parents.
This is a great start to a new series. It's also a show on
BBC.
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