{"title":"Ann Cleeves","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-day-in-the-death-of-dorothea-cassidy-9781509856244","title":"A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidyand is the third novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.For Dorothea Cassidy Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, a welcome respite from the routine duties that being a vicar's wife entailed. But one Thursday in June was to be more special than any other. It was the day that Dorothea Cassidy was strangled.As the small town of Otterbridge prepares for its summer carnival, Inspector Stephen Ramsay begins a painstaking reconstruction of Dorothea's last hours. He soon discovers that she had taken on a number of deserving cases - a sick and lonely old woman, a disturbed adolescent, a compulsive gambler, a single mother with a violent boyfriend and a child in care - and even her close family have their secrets to hide. All these people are haunted, in one way or another, by Dorothea's goodness. But which of them could have possibly wanted her dead?It is not until a second body is discovered that Ramsay starts to understand how Dorothea lived - and why she died. With the carnival festivities in full swing and dusk falling in Otterbridge, Ramsay's murder investigation reaches its chilling climax . . .'Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves' - Val McDermid, author ofand The Mermaids Singing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44212326596668,"sku":"9781509856244","price":2595.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781509856244_201.jpg?v=1776694494"},{"product_id":"the-sleeping-and-the-dead","title":"The Sleeping and the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sleeping and The Deadand is a tense psychological thriller from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of three astounding TV series:and Shetland, Veraand andand The Long Call.'Cleeves again excels in her sense of place in this cleverly plotted psychological thriller' -and The TimesNorthumberland detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Lake, where a diving instructor has made a gruesome discovery. In the water lies a corpse - the body of a teenager who has clearly been dead for many years.After trawling through the missing persons files, Porteous comes to the conclusion that the corpse is Michael Grey, an enigmatic and secretive young man who was reported missing by his foster parents in 1972.The news report leaves prison officer Hannah Morton in shock. Michael had been her boyfriend, and she had been with him the night he disappeared. And now the discovery is bringing back dreaded, long-buried memories from her past . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44215368581180,"sku":"9781447241294","price":2065.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781447241294_201.jpg?v=1776754567"},{"product_id":"the-rising-tide","title":"The Rising Tide","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Britain's best crime writers' -and Daily ExpressShallow waters hide the deepest secrets. Vera Stanhope, star of ITV'sand Vera, returns inand The Rising Tide, the tenth entry in number one bestseller Ann Cleeves's acclaimed series.Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now, they still return every five years to celebrate their friendship, and remember the friend they lost to the rising waters of the causeway at the first reunion.Now, when one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then, and now . . .But with the tide rising, secrets long-hidden are finding their way to the surface, and Vera and the team may find themselves in more danger than they could have believed possible . . .'A brilliant read' -and Sunday Express'A thrilling tale' -and The Independent'A thoroughly engrossing thriller' -and The Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44222321557564,"sku":"9781509889655","price":2495.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781509889655_201.jpg?v=1776769408"},{"product_id":"the-long-call-now-a-major-itv-series-starring-ben-aldridge-as-detective-matthew-venn-two-rivers","title":"The Long Call: Now a major ITV series starring Ben Aldridge as Detective Matthew Venn (Two Rivers)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow a major ITV series,and The Long Call,and adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.The Long Calland is theand No.1 bestsellingand first novel in the Two Riversand seriesand fromand Sunday Timesand bestseller and creator of Vera and Shetland,and Ann Cleeves.In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up, he lost his family too.Now he's back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region; a complex place not quite as idyllic as tourists suppose.A body has been found on the beach near to Matthew's new home: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.Finding the killer is Venn's only focus, and his team's investigation will take him straight back into the community he left behind, and the deadly secrets that lurk there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44222697242684,"sku":"9781509889600","price":2155.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781509889600.jpg?v=1776770224"},{"product_id":"the-herons-cry-two-rivers-book-2-now-a-major-itv-series-starring-ben-aldridge-as-detective-matthew-venn","title":"The Heron's Cry: Two Rivers Book 2 - Now a Major ITV Series Starring Ben Aldridge As Detective Matthew Venn","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow a major ITV series,and The Long Call, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge. Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning'and -and David Baldacci\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44222705795132,"sku":"9781509889709","price":2120.75,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-darkest-evening-a-vera-stanhope-novel-9","title":"The Darkest Evening: a Vera Stanhope Novel 9","description":"\u003cp\u003eDriving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhope's only thought is to get there quickly. But the snow is so heavy, she becomes disoriented and loses her way. Ploughing on, she sees a car slewed off the road ahead of her. With the driver's door open, Vera assumes the driver has sought shelter but when she inspects the car she is shocked to find a young toddler strapped in the back seat. Afraid they will freeze, Vera takes the child and drives on, arriving at Brockburn, a run-down stately home she immediately recognizes as the house her father Hector grew up in. Inside Brockburn a party is in full swing, with music and laughter to herald the coming Christmas. But outside in the snow, a young woman lies dead and Vera knows immediately she has a new case. Could this woman be the child's mother, and if so, what happened to her? A classic country house mystery with a contemporary twist, Ann Cleeves returns with a brilliant Vera novel to savour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44241254907964,"sku":"9781509889556","price":1121.25,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781509889556.jpg?v=1776795214"},{"product_id":"the-raging-storm","title":"The Raging Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetective Matthew Venn returns inand The Raging Storm, the next captivating novel in the Two Rivers series from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and Shetland.When Jem Rosco - sailor, adventurer and local legend - blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. The residents think nothing of it when Rosco disappears again; that's the sort of man he is.Until the lifeboat is launched to a hoax call-out during a raging storm and his body is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove.This is an uncomfortable case for DI Matthew Venn. He came to the remote village as a child, its community populated by the Barum Brethren - a religious sect that he chose to leave behind. So, when superstition and rumour mix and another body is found in the cove, Matthew soon finds his judgement clouded.As the stormy winds howl and the village is cut off, Venn and his team start their investigation, little realizing their own lives might be in danger . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44242782289980,"sku":"9781529077735","price":2155.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781529077735_201.jpg?v=1776797246"},{"product_id":"the-dark-wives","title":"The Dark Wives","description":"\u003cp\u003eA local myth. A deadly threat. Vera Stanhope, star of ITV'sand Vera, returns for her most shocking case so far . . .'A series of expertly plotted and mesmerizing crime novels'and -and Mick Herron, bestselling author ofand Slow HorsesI can't see anything. It's as if this house is on its own in the world, as if I'm on my own in the world and nobody would care if I died . . .When a body is found on the common outside Rosebank, an isolated care home for troubled teens, DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who never showed up to work, and her only clue is the disappearance of fourteen-year-old resident Chloe. Vera can't bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can't dismiss the possibility.Then, in the isolated wilds of the Northumbrian countryside, near the Three Dark Wives standing stones which have triggered legends across the centuries, a second body is found. As folklore and fact begin to collide, Vera knows she has to find Chloe to get to the truth.But it seems that there are dark secrets in their community - secrets that may be far more dangerous than she could ever have believed . . .The Dark Wivesand is the next thrilling mystery in theand Sunday Timesand No. 1 bestselling series from Ann Cleeves.****'Like Rendell and James before her, like McDermid and Rankin today, Ann Cleeves is one of our secret chroniclers, charting - under cover of a series of expertly plotted and mesmerising crime novels - how we live now' - Mick Herron, author ofand Slow Horses'Ann Cleeves has a special place in her heart for Stanhope, and the shortcomings of the care system engage the sympathies of the author in this heart-wrenching story' -and The Sunday Times'A thoroughly engrossing thriller' -and The Mail on Sunday'One of Britain's best crime writers' -and Daily Express'A story that keeps you guessing until the end where all the clues are pulled together masterfully' - Reader review'As stunning on the page as on TV' - Reader review'The storyline, the characters and the atmosphere of North East England all fit together beautifully' - Reader review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44268260065340,"sku":"9781529077780","price":2495.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781529077780_201.jpg?v=1776844390"}],"url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/collections\/ann-cleeves.oembed","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}