Harbour Street: A Vera Stanhope Mystery (Vera Stanhope, 6) - Softcover

Cleeves, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250104971 ISBN 13: 9781250104977

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2016

Synopsis

Harbour Street is the next spellbinding installment in Ann Cleeves' series of crime novels about Vera Stanhope, played in the TV detective drama VERA by Brenda Blethyn.

As the snow falls thickly on Newcastle, the shouts and laughter of Christmas revelers break the muffled silence. Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie are swept along in the jostling crowd onto the Metro.

But when the train is stopped due to the bad weather, and the other passengers fade into the swirling snow, Jessie notices that one lady hasn't left the train: Margaret Krukowski has been fatally stabbed.

Arriving at the scene, DI Vera Stanhope is relieved to have an excuse to escape the holiday festivities. As she stands on the silent, snow-covered station platform, Vera feels a familiar buzz of anticipation, sensing that this will be a complex and unusual case.

Then, just days later, a second woman is murdered. Vera knows that to find the key to this new killing she needs to understand what had been troubling Margaret so deeply before she died - before another life is lost. She can feel in her bones that there's a link. Retracing Margaret's final steps, Vera finds herself searching deep into the hidden past of this seemingly innocent neighborhood, led by clues that keep revolving around one street...

Why are the residents of Harbour Street so reluctant to speak?

Told with piercing prose and a forensic eye, Ann Cleeves' gripping new novel explores what happens when a community closes ranks to protect their own-and at what point silent witnesses become complicit.

About this title

About the Author

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy 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. Her brand new Two Rivers series will launch in September 2019, with The Long Call.

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.

Review

“I do love Vera!” ―Val McDermid

“Excellent . . . Intricate plotting makes for a compulsive read.” ―The Independent (UK)

“Detective Vera Stanhope is a remarkable creation.” ―Bookseller (UK)

“One of the most appealing fictional detectives to emerge since Andy Dalziel got into his stride.” ―Martin Edwards, Spintingler Magazine (UK)

“Watch out for Ann Cleeves . . . Snapped up by ITV, her creation, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope, is the new Frost, played by Brenda Blethyn.” ―Red magazine (UK)

“Cleeves has hit the big time . . . This is going to be a winner!” ―BBC Front Row (UK)

“An absorbingly cunning mystery.” ―Daily Mail (UK)

“Ann Cleeves creates a dark enough mood to keep you straining to see what will come to light next.” ―People

“Cleeves once again proves herself a master of mystery, with fine writing, a broodingly atmospheric setting, a twist-filled plot, and a shocker of an ending.” ―Booklist

“In true Christie fashion, Cleeves once more pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction.” ―Colin Dexter

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1250104971
• ISBN 13: 9781250104977
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400