Ann Cleeves

The Long Call is the captivating first novel in the Two Rivers series from Sunday Times bestseller and creator of Vera and Shetland, Ann Cleeves. In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From Ann CleevesNew York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV showscomes the stunning new Vera Stanhope novel, The Darkest Evening."Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."Louise Penny"As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves latest. . . . A stunning debut for Cleeves latest crimefighter."David Baldacci on The Long CallOn the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat.

The seventh Shetland novel The darkest secrets are buried deepest . . .In the black days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of peaty water and mud smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress.Perez becomes obsessed with finding out her identity and what she was doing there. Then it emerges that she was already dead when the landslide hit the house and Perez finds himself with a murder investigation to solve. Cold Earth is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' bestselling Shetland series - a major BBC One drama, starring Douglas Henshall.

The Glass Roomis the fifth book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.Sometimes crime strikes too close to home . . .DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her neighbours keep her well-supplied in homebrew and conversation. But when one of them goes missing, her path leads her to more than a missing friend . . .Vera tracks the young woman down to the Writer's House, a country retreat for aspiring authors. Things get complicated when a body is discovered and Vera's neighbour is found with a knife in her hand. Calling in the team, Vera knows that she should hand the case over. She's too close to the main suspect. But the investigation is too tempting and she's never been one to follow the rules. Vera must find a killer who has taken murder off the page and is making it real . . .

DCI Vera Stanhope returns in The Darkest Evening, the ninth novel in Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' enduringly popular series.

The darkest nights can hide the deadliest secrets...Driving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhopes only thought is to get there quickly.But with the snow driving down heavily, she becomes disorientated and loses her way, eventually stumbling on another car abandoned on the road. With the drivers door open, Vera assumes the driver has sought shelter but 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 has a new case. Could she be the childs mother and, if she is, what happened to her?A thoroughly engrossing thriller

Comprehensive and featuring beautiful photographs Wild Flowers is a must have for all enthusiasts of the natural world by acclaimed photographer author and botanist Roger Phillips

The Long Call is the No.1 bestselling first novel in the Two Rivers series from Sunday Times bestseller and creator of Vera and Shetland, Ann Cleeves. In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up, he lost his family too.Now he's back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region; a complex place not quite as idyllic as tourists suppose. A body has been found on the beach near to Matthew's new home: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. Finding the killer is Venn's only focus, and his team's investigation will take him straight back into the community he left behind, and the deadly secrets that lurk there.

Now a major ITV series, The Long Call, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning David BaldacciThe number one Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, from author and creator of the Vera and Shetland series, Ann Cleeves soon to be a major TV series.North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coast-line. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter, Eve, is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases.Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. Hes a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved though to find that Eve is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.Then another body is found killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home . . .The Herons Cry is the second novel in Ann Cleeves Two Rivers series following her Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Call.

One of Britain's best crime writers' Daily ExpressVera Stanhope, star of ITVs Vera, returns in the tenth novel in number one bestseller Ann Cleeves acclaimed series.Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now, they still return every five years to celebrate their friendship, and remember the friend they lost to the rising waters of the causeway at the first reunion.Now, when one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then, and now . . .But with the tide rising, secrets long-hidden are finding their way to the surface, and Vera and the team may find themselves in more danger than they could have believed possible . . .

Es verano en la costa de Northtumberland. En una noche calurosa, Julie Armstrong, descubre el cuerpo sin vida de su hijo, queyace rodeado de flores en la bañera.La inspectora Vera Stanhope y su equipo se ocupan del caso,que pronto se complica cuando el cadaver de una joven profesora que se alojaba en casa de la familia Calvert, flota en elagua rodeado de flores. Vera y su compañero Joe, empiezan ainterrogar a los testigos e investigan el pasado de todos los implicados. Vera se centra sobre todo en el desigual grupo de amigosde Peter Calvert: el autor y bibliotecario Samuel Parr, el solitarioClive Stringer, que a pesar de sus 40 años aun vive con su madre,y Gary Wright, un tecnico de sonido con mal de amores. ¿Realmente estan tan unidos como parece? Muy pronto salen ala luz oscuros secretos, celos infidelidades y viejos rencores.Y mientras tanto, el asesino prepara otra bella tumba de flores yagua.

Cold Earth is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall. In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Lerwick-Sumburgh road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. In his mind, she shares his Mediterranean ancestry and soon he becomes obsessed with tracing her identity. Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit the house. Perez knows he must find out who she was, and how she died. Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, Dead Water and Thin Air

La segunda novela de Ann Cleeves publicada en nuestro país y protagonizada por la detective Vera Stanhope y su ayudante Joe Ashworth.Es verano en la costa de Northumberland. Al llegar a casa, Julie A

La muerte nunca revela sus motivosAnn Cleeves nos sorprende con una novela que tiene todos los ingredientes del misterio clásico, y que ha recibido el Diamond Dagger, el galardón de novela negra más 

Un asesino crea bellas tumbas de flores y agua. ¿Cómo será su próxima obra maestra?Es verano en la costa de Northtumberland. En una noche calurosa, Julie Armstrong, descubre el cuerpo sin vida de su

Un paraje aislado, tres mujeres que conocen la traición, una investigadora poco convencional.La bióloga Rachel Lambert llega a los Peninos del Norte, un fascinante paisaje entre Inglaterra y Escocia, para liderar un proyecto medioambiental, junto con Anne, una botanica local, y Grace, una zoologa a la que no conoce. Al llegar a su refugio, Rachel se encuentra el cadaver de una vieja amiga que, aparentemente, se ha suicidado euros pero enseguida empieza a sospechar que alguien la ha matado. Tras otra muerte inexplicable, la inspectora Vera Stanhope, una mujer madura que no siempre utiliza los metodos mas ortodoxos, aparece en escena. Una fascinante novela negra ambientada en una sugerente zona rural que pone en escena un supuesto suicidio, tres personalidades femeninas fuertes y una opaca investigacion con muchos intereses ocultos.