Synopsis
A LOCAL MYTH. A DEADLY THREAT.
Vera Stanhope, star of ITV’s Vera, returns in the eleventh novel in Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller Ann Cleeves’ acclaimed series.
A body is found by an early morning dog walker on the common outside Rosebank, a care home for troubled teens. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who never showed up to work.
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Details
27 August 2024384 pages
9781529077759Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Cleeves is no ordinary author and this 11th novel is one of her best . . . Cleeves brings back Vera’s usual crew and introduces a newbie, Rosie, and, as always, the stunning Northumbrian countryside plays a part in the search for a killer. Again, I couldn’t stop reading to the last pageThe Globe
Like Rendell and James before her, like McDermid and Rankin today, Ann Cleeves is one of our secret chroniclers, charting – under cover of a series of expertly plotted and mesmerising crime novels – how we live nowMick Herron
Ann Cleeves has a special place in her heart for Stanhope, and the shortcomings of the care system engage the sympathies of the author in this heart-wrenching storyThe Sunday Times
A thoroughly engrossing thrillerThe Mail on Sunday
