The Dark Wives: A Vera Stanhope Novel [Hardcover]

Everything Ann Cleeves writes is incredible.Richard Osman

AsNew York Timesbestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and on TV, this stunning eleventh book explores the web of secrets surrounding a young man's death.

The mans body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up.

DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death, with her only clue being the disappearance of one of the homes residents, fourteen-year-old Chloe Spence. Vera cant bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she cant dismiss the possibility.

Vera, Joe and new team member Rosie Bell, are soon embroiled in the case, and when a second connected body is found near the Three Dark Wives monument in the wilds of the Northumberland countryside, superstition and folklore begin to collide with fact. Vera knows she has to find Chloe to get to the truth, and the dark secrets in their community that may be far more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible.

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind three hit television seriesShetland, starring Douglas Henshall,Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, andThe Long Call, starring Ben Aldridgeall of which are watched and loved in the United States. All three are available on BritBox.

The first Shetland novel,Raven Black,won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She was awarded the OBE in 2022 for services to reading and libraries. Ann lives in the United Kingdom.

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