A thoroughly engrossing thriller

Mail on Sunday

Cleeves’s Northumberland novels are strong on atmosphere, combining old-fashioned detective work with a modern take on class

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 EVENING

New York Times

Se alle

Brilliantly written, with more twists and turns you can shake one of Vera's hats at

Heat

A gripping read

Sun

Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers!

- Louise Penny,

Fans will enjoy matching wits with Cleeves’ eccentric sleuth right up to the dangerous surprise in her denouement

Kirkus Reviews

Cleeves has a fine time constructing a clockwork murder plot

Booklist

Superb . . . This page-turner is must reading for fans as well as newcomers

- <i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review),

This ninth instalment will keep you guessing until the end

My Weekly

Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves

- Val McDermid,

One of Britain's best crime writers

Daily Express

DCI Vera Stanhope returns in The Darkest Evening, the ninth novel in Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' enduringly popular series.Driving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhope's only thought is to get there quickly.But the snow is so heavy, she becomes disoriented and loses her way. Ploughing on, she sees a car slewed off the road ahead of her. With the driver's door open, Vera assumes the driver has sought shelter but when she inspects the car she 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 knows immediately she has a new case. Could this woman be the child's mother, and if so, what happened to her?A classic country house mystery with a contemporary twist, Ann Cleeves returns with a brilliant Vera novel to savour.
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The ninth novel in the Vera Stanhope series from the Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves; now a major TV series from ITV.
The ninth novel in the Vera Stanhope series from the Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves; now a major TV series from ITV.
Beginning with The Crow Trap, the Vera Stanhope series is the bestselling and critically acclaimed series of crime novels set in Northumberland, by award-winning author Ann Cleeves. They have been made into a hit detective drama on ITV1, starring Brenda Blethyn as Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope of the Northumbria Police Force. Ann has been awarded the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (CWA Gold Dagger) for Best Crime Novel for Raven Black, the first in the Shetland crime series, which has also been made into a TV series on BBC One. In 2012 Ann was inducted into the Crime Writer's Association Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781509889518
Publisert
2020-09-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Macmillan
Vekt
628 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
41 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
00, G, 01
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez who can now be found on television in ITV’s Vera and BBC One’s Shetland. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.

Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook, and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann is also a passionate champion for libraries and was a National Libraries Day Ambassador in 2016. Ann lives in North Tyneside near where the Vera books are set.