I enjoyed this third book in this series, it a real page turner. A dead man is found in a dingy anchored in a bay in Greystone, a grim little village. He was a celebrity, a man who had sailed solo around the world and done expeditions to the Poles and up the Amazon. He had come to Greystone two weeks previously, visiting the pub and thrilling the residents by his presence there. He said he was waiting for someone special to come to him. When Matthew Venn visits his rented house, all is in order until they go into the tiny bathroom. There's blood everywhere. How how did the killer get his body from this house at the top of a hill into a dingy and into the ocean without anyone seeing them? Also, there was a terrible storm that night which lasted into the next morning.

I enjoyed the character of Matthew Venn. He's unsure of himself until he gets an idea, and then he's unstoppable. Many thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy of this highly anticipated book. I didn't think I could enjoy anything as much as I love the Shetland series, but I was wrong!

Good book! This book had a bit of everything! It had suspense, intrigue, murder, mystery, A good who done it, and a few crazy twists and turns! The storyline was very interesting and kept me glued to my Kindle! I definitely recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

Greystone is not the place where Detective Matthew Vane wants to be. He spent his childhood there, raised as a member of the cultish Barum Brethern until he chose a different life. But now he’s back, investigating the murder of Jeremy Rosco, a semi famous sailor and adventurer. Rosco returned to his Greystone home to meet a mysterious unknown person and was found naked, floating in a dinghy during a wild storm. Venn and his team are drawn into a confusing mystery that may be linked to long ago events, events that have bubbled back into the present. The discovery of another body makes Venn more determined to find the killer but he will have to fight the wild storms, rocky cliffs, high tides and suspicion of his hometown.

What can you say about Anne Cleeves? What praise has not been given?. Cleeves is the master of the police procedural and The Raging Storm is a fine example of her talent. 5 stars.

Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press and Ann Cleeves for this ARC.

Matthew Venn returns to his childhood village where he was part of a religious community, some say cult that he left. The small community is grieving the death of one of their own - the infamous Jem Rosco. Venn needs to get to the bottom of the celebrity death as well as face some of his own demons. If you like Ann Cleeves or complicated policeman and perfectly plotted murder mysteries then The Raging Storm is for you! #STMartins #TheRagingStorm #AnnCleeves

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

I enjoyed this very much while I was reading it: the community and setting of Greystone were well done, and I enjoyed the characterization of the police officers. I struggled a little to keep all the characters and their relationships with one another straight in my mind, and even at times which generation they belonged to. The ending was quite exciting, and the resolution of the mystery was satisfactory, although I had anticipated something a bit less convoluted somehow.