Book review #The Raven's Cry: A Wynter Island Mystery #Kim Herdman Shapiro #Publisher : Level Best Books # Women Sleuths #Cozy Mystery
My Thoughts and Book Review In the novel, The Raven's Cry, Kate Zoe Thomas leaves her job at WGBH and moves from Boston as a station manager to Wynter Island, British Columbia where she stays at Michael and Anna's rental cottage by Steeltun Bay. Soon she gets acquainted with the long-time residents of Wynter Island - Gwen and Vera Schmidt. Kate had broken up with her boyfriend, Daniel Apolinar before coming to the Island. She had met Daniel in Afghanistan while working as a producer for PBS Dispatches and he was a reporter based in Kabul. Then, Kate drives from her home legion heading down, and to her horror and grief she finds at the same time recognizes Daniel's deceased body floating in the ocean, Tension and intrigue build up for the reader as it is difficult to determine if David's death is a coincidence? Why did this healthy man fly two thousand miles to an isolated Island off the Columbia Coast and winds up dead? And also the place where Kate moved to. Kate tur...