Synopsis
DCI Vera Stanhope returns in The Darkest Evening, the ninth novel in Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' enduringly popular series.
Driving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhope's only thought is to get there quickly.
But the snow is so heavy, she becomes disoriented and loses her way. Ploughing on, she sees a car slewed off the road ahead of her. With...
Details
03 September 2020660 minutes
Janine Birkett
9781529051094Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
A thoroughly engrossing thrillerMail on Sunday
Cleeves’s Northumberland novels are strong on atmosphere, combining old-fashioned detective work with a modern take on classSunday Times
Who doesn’t love “large and shabby” Vera Stanhope, the blunt detective in Ann Cleeves’s Northumberland police procedurals? She is already one of the genre immortals. Cleeves delivers some choice Vera moments in THE DARKEST EVENINGNew York Times
Brilliantly written, with more twists and turns you can shake one of Vera's hats atHeat
