The darkest evening
"On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help....
| Main Author: | Cleeves, Ann (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Minotaur Books,
2020.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
| Series: |
Vera Stanhope series ;
9. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat. Vera takes the child and, driving on, she arrives at a place she knows well. Brockburn is a large, grand house in the wilds of Northumberland, now a little shabby and run down. It's also where her father, Hector, grew up. Inside, there's a party in full swing: music, Christmas lights and laughter. Outside, unbeknownst to the revelers, a woman lies dead in the snow. As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland countryside, Brockburn begins to give up its secrets, and as Vera digs deeper into her investigation, she also begins to uncover her family's complicated past"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
vii, 372 pages ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781250204509 125020450X |
| Author Notes: |
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. |