The contrast is emphasized by the characters who people the novel and the nature of their day-to-day concerns. Its wide horizons and the sense of space and light instil a feeling of awe and peace described by our hero, Matthew Venn, as almost akin to " a religious experience." It is against the timeless tranquillity of this natural background that murder raises its ugly, disruptive head. The Long Call is that of the herring gull, and the writer summons up a lonely landscape washed by the sea close to the River Taw, and complete with cliffs, marshes and sandy beaches. We have yet another evocative title from Ann Cleeves. Matthew Venn makes his debut in this detective story set in a rural community along the coast of North Devon. Here are several reviews of The Long Call from members of Elgin Library Reading Group.
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