The Dark Wives
29 August 2024Imprint: Macmillan
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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29 August 2024384 pages
9781529077742Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
A thoroughly engrossing thrillerThe Mail on Sunday
Cleeves’s Northumberland novels are strong on atmosphere, combining old-fashioned detective work with a modern take on classThe Sunday 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 EveningThe New York Times
In a world where celebrities debut on bestseller charts, Cleeves is an old-school crime writer in every sense, working her way up the list over years, building a readership while honing her craftBrian McGilloway on The Rising Tide
