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Synopsis:
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.
Review:
I love Vera- if you've watched the series on Amazon/PBS/Britbox (a recent addiction I confess), then you already have a good picture of Vera. She's not your normal character-she 'a big country girl', who is as low maintenance as you can get. Sometimes than can be off putting to those she has to deal with on investigations, such is the case in this 9th
book of the series, where her past comes up to meet her, with the finding of an abandoned baby in the snow. She never planned on getting close to the family who abandoned her and her father, but suddenly she's not sure if they are suspects or innocent witnesses to the apparent crime at hand. It's an interesting look at secrets hidden, and how what appears to be innocent,can actually be hiding a dark secret. It breathes life into the series, and fans of the series will love it, those who haven;t read the series, get a solid intro to it, as it can be read stand alone!
About the Author:
ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy and New York Times bestselling author behind two hit television series―the BBC’s Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, and ITV’s Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn―both of which are watched and loved in the US. The Long Call, the first in the Two Rivers series introducing Detective Matthew Venn, was an instant New York Times bestseller.
Shetland is available in the US on Netflix, Amazon Video, Britbox and PBS, and Vera is available on Hulu, Amazon Video, BritBox and PBS.
The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She lives in the UK.
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