Book Review: The Tears of Angels by Caro Ramsay, a ritual killing, murdered children and folklore all combine to make this book a dynamic read!

Set in  a secluded area on the banks of beautiful Loch Lomond near Balloch otland (which coincidentally happens to be my maiden name), The tears of Angels is a fast paced, exciting police procedural with excellent characterisation and a smooth poignant plot that encompasses ritual foljlore and witchcraft with the dynamics of a calculated killer.  

In a secluded area near Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond  three families congregate for every school holiday... that is until the tragic and brutal deaths of three of their children on the mystical summer solstice.  The key witness names Warren McAvoy as the killer but McAvoy disappeared a year ago and hasn’t been seen since.  Then another body murdered in the most brutal way is discovered with his ID  along with a tarot card of The Fool on the body. When members of the investigation team begin to receive Tarot

cards too the plot thickens.    DCI Colin Anderson and DI

Costello have a wonderfully charismatic dynamic (a bit like a curmudgeonly auld couple.  For me the re appearance of Elvie McCulloch was the icing on the cake.  I’m glad Ramsay resurrected this delightful character from her previous novel The Night Hunter (Far too good a character to feature in only one book!)

As I've come to expect from Ramsay' books she draws us with an eerily mystical setting and then with a few pen strokes imbues her character's with distinct personalities, warts and all.  her writing is always very human and she has

a sharp eye to the foibles of people.  I highly recommend The Tears of Angels for those into Police procedurals with a huge dose of humanity thrown in.

Available soon in HB £18.82

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