The Girls on the Shore, Ann Cleeves
The Girls on the Shore, Ann Cleeves
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The Girls on the Shore

Author: Ann Cleeves

Narrator: Jack Holden

Unabridged: 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/11/2022


Synopsis

A USA Today Bestseller!

Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—returns with a darkly delicious short story, "The Girls on the Shore", featuring DI Matthew Venn from the Two Rivers series.

It was winter. Cold and clear, a different sort of day for this coast where the westerly winds usually blew rain and cloud.

Detective Inspector Matthew Venn is standing by his kitchen window when he first spots them. Two young girls, facing away from him, seemingly staring towards something in the distance. They are holding hands, and they are alone.

Though not a natural with children, Matthew knows he must find out why the girls are here, on a school day, unsupervised. And so he meets Olivia and Imogen, a pair of sisters whose secrets Matthew must uncover if he hopes to get them home.

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.

About Jack Holden

Jack Holden is an actor and writer from London. His West End credits include the National Theatre's War Horse and the Almeida Theatre's Ink. He has also performed at the RSC, Bristol Old Vic and toured extensively around the UK. Cruise was his West End debut as a playwright.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karine on March 15, 2022

I should never read a short story again, I hate it how it draws me in, and then * poof * it's finished. Certainly when the writing is as crisp as we can expect from Ann Cleeves. It just makes me want more of Dect. Matthew Venn. Brilliant writing, but way too short.......more

Goodreads review by Christina on January 08, 2024

How strange! I think this was just a “bite” of a story? It was so short it was like listening to a sample for an upcoming book. I hope there is a follow-up.......more