"Ann Cleeves expertly combines a traditional detective story and a novel about love and death...These books are very precisely set in their unusual geographical environment, and every character, encounter and conversation is carefully described as each harbour and hillock, Up to page 366 the reader is shown everything, so it comes as a shock reminder when the detective takes a call that sends him running off to the action and the reader is not told who or what he or she said that this enjoyable novel is actually a conventional whodunit." --Literary Review

"One of Ann Cleeves' strengths is her description of characters and her way of understanding exactly how people work. This continues in this book. Perez' depression and mourning is beautifully described, as is his slow emergence from the depression into which he has sunk."
--Crimesquad.com

"This is a gripping and atmospheric follow-up to Red Bones which has been adapted for television" --Candis

"This is a beautifully written and cleverly plotted thriller made all the more special by the setting."
--Sunday Mirror

"A great new find for crime fans" --Red