Description
| Product ID: | 9781509889686 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Two Rivers |
| Title: | The Heron's Cry |
| Subtitle: | Now a major ITV series starring Ben Aldridge as Detective Matthew Venn |
| Authors: | Author: Ann Cleeves |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Devon |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the second in a series set in North Devon and featuring Detective Matthew Venn. The Heron's Cry is the second book in the Two Rivers series following on from The Long Call. <p><b>Now a major ITV series, <i>The Long Call</i>, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.</b><br><b><br>'Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning' – David Baldacci </b><br><br><b>The number one <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, from author and creator of the Vera and Shetland series, Ann Cleeves.</b><br><br>North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder – Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases.<br><br>Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He’s a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.<br><br>Then another body is found – killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home . . .<br><br><b><i>The Heron's Cry</i> is the second novel in Ann Cleeves’ Two Rivers crime series, following her <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller, <i>The Long Call. </i></b><br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Long Call:</i></b><br><b><br>'As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves’ latest. Matthew Venn is a keeper. A stunning debut for Cleeves’ latest crimefighter' - David Baldacci<br><br>'Had me hooked . . . a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves story' - <i>The Times</i><br><br>'A triumph that cements Cleeves’ status as one of Britain’s best crime writers' - <i>Daily Express</i><br><br>'Clever, compassionate and atmospheric . . . I am already a Matthew Venn fan' - Elly Griffiths<br><br>'Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot' - <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br>'A traditional mystery of the best sort' - <i>Guardian</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-02 |
