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The Heron's Cry Spiral-Bound | 2022-07-26

Ann Cleeves

★★★★☆+ from 10,001 to 50,000 ratings

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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 the extraordinary follow-up to The Long Call in the Two Rivers series.

North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer when Detective Matthew Venn is called out to investigate a murder at the rural home of a group of artists. What he discovers is an elaborately staged scene--Dr. Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed with a shard of one of his glassblower daughter's vases.

Dr. Yeo seems an unlikely victim: a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter, Eve. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find out that Eve is close friends with his husband, Jonathan. It also comes to light that
Dr. Yeo had been investigating the suicide of a young man before he died.

Then, another man is found killed in the same way. Matthew must tread carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community, in a case dangerously close to home.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 400 pages
ISBN-10: 1250204488
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.3 x 8.3 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 10,001 to 50,000 ratings
"This character-driven exploration of people's darkest flaws is a sterling example of Cleeves' formidable talents."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"Well-crafted... intricate plotting, complex characters, and rich atmosphere... new and existing fans will be pleased."--Publishers Weekly

Praise for The Long Call:

"In Matthew Venn, Ann has created a complex, daring, subtle character."--Louise Penny

"Cleeves's true strength lies in her descriptions of the natural world, gorgeously captured."--New York Times Book Review

"Cleeves' acclaimed Shetland series may be history, but her newest detective--buttoned-up, gay, married, ex-evangelical Matthew Venn--is a righteous successor."--People

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind two hit television series--Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, and Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn. Shetland and Vera are available on BritBox in the United States. An adaptation of The Long Call, the first book in her Two Rivers series, will premiere on BritBox in 2021. 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 United Kingdom.