The number one Sunday Times<\/i> bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, from author and creator of the Vera and Shetland series, Ann Cleeves. Now a major ITV series, The Long Call<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning’ <\/b>– David Baldacci<\/b><\/p>\n
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coast-line. 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.<\/p>\n
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 Eve is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.<\/p>\n
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 . . .<\/p>\n
The Heron’s Cry<\/i> is the second novel in Ann Cleeves’ Two Rivers series following her Sunday Times<\/i> bestseller, The Long Call.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Praise for The Long Call<\/i>:<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Had me hooked . . . a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves’ story’ – The Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘A triumph that cements Cleeves’ status as one of Britain’s best crime writers<\/b>‘ – Daily Express<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Clever, compassionate and atmospheric . . . I am already a Matthew Venn fan’ – Elly Griffiths<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot’ – Mail on Sunday<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘A traditional mystery of the best sort’ – Guardian<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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