The Dark Wives, Ann Cleeves
The Dark Wives, Ann Cleeves
23 Rating(s)
List: $26.99 | Sale: $17.82
Club: $13.49

The Dark Wives
A Vera Stanhope Novel

Bestseller

Author: Ann Cleeves

Narrator: Janine Birkett

Unabridged: 11 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2024


Synopsis

"Janine Birkett's marvelous narration enhances this riveting mystery, part of the Vera Stanhope series, set on the majestic northeast coast of England" —AudioFile on The Seagull, an Earphones Award winner

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and on TV, this stunning eleventh book explores the web of secrets surrounding a young man's death.

The man’s body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up.

DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death, with her only clue being the disappearance of one of the home’s residents, fourteen-year-old Chloe Spence. Vera can’t bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can’t dismiss the possibility.

Vera, Joe and new team member Rosie Bell, are soon embroiled in the case, and when a second connected body is found near the Three Dark Wives monument in the wilds of the Northumberland countryside, superstition and folklore begin to collide with fact. Vera knows she has to find Chloe to get to the truth, and the dark secrets in their community that may be far more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

About Ann Cleeves

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind three hit television series—Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, and The Long Call, starring Ben Aldridge—all of which are watched and loved in the United States. All three are available on BritBox.The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She was awarded the OBE in 2022 for services to reading and libraries. Ann lives in the United Kingdom.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on May 03, 2024

Vera Stanhope #11 Vera is called to Rosebank children’s home to investigate the murder of Josh Woodburn, a university student and volunteer at the home. In addition, one of the residents 14 year old Chloe Spencer has disappeared which clearly seems suspicious but Vera finds it hard to believe this pa......more

Goodreads review by Teju on August 24, 2024

Seen a few episodes of the series VERA, so dived into the book and i must say a very solid police procedural set in the UK. Not only do we follow along with the case, we also get a glipse into the personal lives of the team A 14 year old girl goes missing from a care home for troubled teens in the wa......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 21, 2024

3.5 stars In this 11th book in the 'Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope' series, the Northumberland sleuth investigates the murder of a university student, and the disappearance of a teenager. The book works fine as a standalone. ***** Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope was raised by a difficult bullying......more

Goodreads review by Kate on July 14, 2024

Well the wonderful Brenda Blethyn may be hanging up her Vera hat but thank goodness Ann Cleeves is still writing. Of course the on screen Vera and book Vera diverged a long time ago as often happens. Here in book world Vera, still grieving, has a new DC to break in. Rosie Bell is full of energy, a c......more


Quotes

“Forceful . . . Multiple narrators and a core cast of keenly rendered characters lend the tale dimension while furthering the series arc. Cleeves’s fans will be well satisfied.”—Publishers Weekly

“A taut police procedural enhanced by relevant social consciousness.”—Booklist

“Like Rendell and James before her, like McDermid and Rankin today, Ann Cleeves is one of our secret chroniclers, charting—under cover of a series of expertly plotted and mesmerizing crime novels—how we live now.”—Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series