Binding: Paperback
Description: AN Instant NEW YORK Times Bestseller! From Ann Cleeves New York Times bestselling and award - winning author of the Vera and Shetland series both of which are hit TV shows comes 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 Call On 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. Vera takes the child and driving on she arrives at a place she knows well. Brockburn is a large grand house in the wilds of Northumberland now a little shabby and run down. It's also where her father Hector grew up. Inside there's a party in full swing: music Christmas lights and laughter. Outside unbeknownst to the revelers a woman lies dead in the snow. As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland countryside Brockburn begins to give up its secrets and as Vera digs deeper into her investigation she also begins to uncover her family's complicated past.
Title: The Darkest Evening A Vera Stanhope Novel
Author(s): Cleeves Ann
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250204516
Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/27/2021
Series: Vera Stanhope
Category: Crime & Mystery