Vera Stanhope #4
Minotaur Books
July 2014
On Sale: July 15, 2014
Featuring: Vera Stanhope
320 pages ISBN: 1250049814 EAN: 9781250049810 Kindle: B00AQUTNJ8 Trade Size / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
Ann Cleeves has thrilled readers everywhere with her
critically acclaimed mystery series set in the Shetland
Islands, which began with the award-winning Raven
Black. Now, Cleeves is back with another compelling
mystery series (set in Northumberland, England). This one
features detective Vera Stanhope, the lead character played
by Brenda Blethyn on the hit television series "Vera."
Destined for the same kind of fame achieved by Colin
Dexter's Inspector Morse, the show is a favorite of millions
of viewers in the U.K. and is available here on Netflix,
PBS, and Amazon.
When Vera finds the body of a woman in the sauna of her
local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life,
she's uncovered a simple death of natural causes. But when a
closer inspection reveals bruises around the victim's
throat, Vera's team start their investigation. Vera and her
colleagues soon uncover details in the victim's past that
may explain her untimely death. But Vera knows from
experience that there's no such thing as a simple case, and
this one gets more baffling by the minute.
With pitch-perfect writing, a finely tuned mystery, and a
protagonist with a complex past of her own, Silent Voices
is a stand out penned by one of Britain's most
successful mystery writers.