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 the driver's door open,Vera assumes the driver has sought shelter but when she inspects the car she is shocked to find a young toddler strapped in the back seat.
Afraid they will freeze,Vera takes the child and drives on,arriving at Brockburn,a run-down stately home she immediately recognizes as the house her father Hector grew up in.
Inside Brockburn a party is in full swing,with music and laughter to herald the coming Christmas. But outside in the snow,a young woman lies dead and Vera knows immediately she has a new case. Could this woman be the child's mother,and if so,what happened to her
A classic country house mystery with a contemporary twist,Ann Cleeves returns with a brilliant Vera novel to savour.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781509889556Number of pages: 416Weight: 290 gDimensions: 209 x 204 x 30 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'One of Britain's best crime writers'-The Daily Express
'Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves'- Val McDermid
'Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers!'- Louise Penny
'Fans will enjoy matching wits with Cleeves'eccentric sleuth right up to the dangerous surprise in her denouement'- Kirkus Reviews
'Cleeves has a fine time constructing a clockwork murder plot'- Booklist
'Superb...This page-turner is must reading for fans as well as newcomers'- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is a British crime writer,best known for her Shetland and Vera Stanhope series of police procedural novels. Her latest novel is The Long Call.
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