Book review: Blood Of Crows by Caro Ramsay

Blood of Crows by Caro Ramsay

One of the things I like most about Caro Ramsay's novels is the fact that she always manages to create really unusual characters in a really believable way.  I think that gives her novels a dynamic, entertaining edge and Blood of Crows is no exception. 

Blood of Crows sees DS Costello return to work after being on sick leave.  She is given a secret mission to find out what's going on in a posh private school near Loch Lomond.  Meanwhile, DI Anderson after having various cases reassigned to another DI, feels sure he will never gain promotion.  Then he is seconded to head an investigation as DCI.  The Andersons and Costello’s investigations appear to cross over linking a child abduction from years ago, a police officer’s suicide, Glasgow Turf wars and child trafficking.

Although complicated , Ramsay, with her usual aplomb weaves the stories together in a believable way and the secrecy of Costello and Anderson's tasks lend an interesting slant to the police procedural, as procedure is not quite as linear as usual.

Ramsay captures the harsh, desolate yet beautiful Loch Lomond scenery in her descriptions of the schools remote location and the army garrisons nearby.  This contrasts nicely with cosmopolitan Glasgow, bodies in the Clyde and tortured young men. 

 

Another Caro Ramsay success!!!