A police procedural set in Scarborough, I really enjoyed my time with Donna Morris.

Not only does A Wake of Crows focus on solving the case of the death of a homeless man, but if delves into both Donna’s backstory and her position as a woman of a certain age in what is a changing yet still male dominated environment. She’s a likeable character and her feelings of being torn between being a wife, a mother and her career created a well rounded woman. Strong and determined, yet also vulnerable she’s very relatable.

I especially enjoyed Donna’s backstory which takes the reader to Berlin, prior to the Berlin Wall coming down. A time and place I’ve not read much about in fiction. 

I’m very much looking forward to reading Donna’s next chapter in Drowning Not Waving