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A review by bgg616
Blood Tide by Claire McGowan
4.0
Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire is called from her town in Northern Ireland to help investigate the case of a missing English couple from an island in Cork. She is met by her friend, Garda Fiachra Quinn, and they make their way to Bone Island by ferry. This small island, 3 miles long, has a new industry names Envirocore, which is harvesting seaweed for nutrition products. The couple who has disappeared, Fiona, a doctor and Matt, a naturalist, live in the local lighthouse. Matt had gone to accept a job keeping track of local wildlife etc. for the new corporation, and the island needs a doctor, as theirs died the year before.
A storm arrives which complicates the investigation. Storms on offshore islands can cut them off for days, and this is what happens. There is no cell phone service on the island, and in the course of the investigation, Fiachra suffers an injury and Paula is left on her own with the local Guarda, Rory McIlhone. Something is seriously wrong on the island. And Paula, who continuously pushes the envelope, again earns the animosity of the locals. Reinforcements do come - only one officer, but they are soon overwhelmed by the circumstances, and unable to get either help or leave.
Throughout this series, Paula Macguire has been searching for her mother who disappeared in 1993. The search continues through this book. To avoid spoilers, I will not describe Paula's current situation in detail. There are times I want to shake her and tell her to get her ---- together. Because of the ongoing drama of her life, it is best to read the series in order This is the first crime series set in Northern Ireland, focused on a female protagonist, and I am a big fan.
About the narration (I used whispersync and went back and forth between the e-book and audiobook) was uneven. When Paula was on the island, the narrator was very uneven. She seemed to confuse the various accents she was using - English, Irish (Cork, but not really), and Northern Irish. I ended up getting confused. Maybe the producers didn't notice or think it mattered.
A storm arrives which complicates the investigation. Storms on offshore islands can cut them off for days, and this is what happens. There is no cell phone service on the island, and in the course of the investigation, Fiachra suffers an injury and Paula is left on her own with the local Guarda, Rory McIlhone. Something is seriously wrong on the island. And Paula, who continuously pushes the envelope, again earns the animosity of the locals. Reinforcements do come - only one officer, but they are soon overwhelmed by the circumstances, and unable to get either help or leave.
Throughout this series, Paula Macguire has been searching for her mother who disappeared in 1993. The search continues through this book. To avoid spoilers, I will not describe Paula's current situation in detail. There are times I want to shake her and tell her to get her ---- together. Because of the ongoing drama of her life, it is best to read the series in order This is the first crime series set in Northern Ireland, focused on a female protagonist, and I am a big fan.
About the narration (I used whispersync and went back and forth between the e-book and audiobook) was uneven. When Paula was on the island, the narrator was very uneven. She seemed to confuse the various accents she was using - English, Irish (Cork, but not really), and Northern Irish. I ended up getting confused. Maybe the producers didn't notice or think it mattered.