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Ann Cleeves - Too Good To Be True (A teeny weeny inbetweeny!)

So when your main criteria for packing a book to take on holiday is how thin it is you're not necessary expecting a masterpiece to accompany you to the sun lounger (ha who am I kidding with three children, I would be lucky to even see a sun lounger!)

Being the smallest book on my book shelf (page wise not size wise although that probably too unless you take into account the endless Mr Men stories) it was somewhat half-heartedly I packed Too Good to be True.

Cleeves is the author or Vera and Shetland the latters of which this book was a kind of spin off of. It was given to me by my Auntie who had received it free as part of the Quick Reads for 2016.

I enjoy watching Shetland, hadn’t read any Cleeves before so was interested to see what could be delivered in so few pages.

I'm struggling to think of anything to say other than 'yeah it was ok'. Cleeves did a good, neat job. A who dunnit with a clear beginning, middle and end coupled with a slightly dramatic near miss towards the end for good measure. Other than Stephen King (see previous blog!) I'm not really a fan of short stories but totally get behind the Quick Reads concept and if you're not a reader, you like Shetland, or like me your husband insists on taking one suitcase on holiday for a family of 5 then this book is a pretty good contender.

I'd like to read more Cleeves, particularly the Shetland series so will be keeping an eye out for them in the future. In the spirit of Quick Reads I left Too Good To Be True at the hotel on the swop shelf so that someone else could read and pass on. So it’s a kind of stay on the shelfer!

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