The Long Call

Critics Review

• As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves’ latest. She easily exceeded those expectations with The Long Call. Matthew Venn is a keeper. A stunning debut for Cleeves’ latest crimefighter

  David Baldacci

• Had me hooked — a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves story

  The Times

• Clever, compassionate and atmospheric, with a great cast of new characters to love. I am already a Matthew Venn fan

  Elly Griffiths

• A triumph that cements Cleeves’ status as one of Britain’s best crime writers

  Daily Express

• Brilliant, thoughtful and deeply engaging

  Sara Paretsky, New York Times bestselling author of the V.I. Warshawski series

• Brilliant – a page-turning and sensitively told tale, with a vividly evoked North Devon setting, a powerful emotional heft and a new detective hero in Matthew Venn who you will want to follow for book after book. Wonderful!

  Chris Ewan, bestselling author of Safe House

• Ann Cleeves’ new series gets off to a terrific start with The Long Call – her native Devon is wonderfully evoked, and Matthew Venn is a very appealing new detective. Another sure-fire hit

  Martin Edwards, author of Gallows Court

• Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot

  Mail on Sunday

• The troubled Venn is a great protagonist, and Cleeves may well have created her next top TV cop

  Heat

• A traditional mystery of the best sort

  Guardian

• Unputdownable series debut! With an evocative setting, a gripping plot, and beautifully drawn characters, The Long Call is a terrific read—and Matthew Venn is my new favorite detective

  Deborah Crombie, New York Times bestselling author of Garden of Lamentations

• Who knew there could be a third detective as compelling as Vera and Jimmy? Matthew Venn is a triumph of Cleeves’ particular blend of compassion and toughness and I already love him

  Catriona McPherson, national bestselling author of Strangers at the Gate

• Ann Cleeves has done it again! A new detective, a new series, another terrific puzzle of a story that won’t let you go until the very end. Matthew Venn quickly earns his place beside Vera and Jimmy in a debut you don’t want to miss: The Long Call

  Charles Todd, bestselling author of The Black Ascot

• In The Long Call, Ann Cleeves builds a prism of a world, multi-faceted, complex, and as brilliant as a diamond. Fans of Vera and Jimmy will love Matthew Venn

  Lori Rader-Day

• Ann Cleeves is a phenomenal talent. With unfailing skill, gorgeous setting, flawless plot and seamless voice, she brilliantly conjures new worlds in crime fiction. Her instantly iconic Detective Matthew Venn is a treasure—and we will all follow him anywhere

  Hank Phillippi Ryan

• Cleeves writes of the left-behind and the unfortunate with intelligence and compassion

  Literary Review

• Murder, mystery and a great new cast of characters mean you won’t be able to put this one down!

  My Weekly

• Hauntingly written, it evokes every possible emotion with Ann’s gripping narrative

  Woman

• Evocative and gripping – an absolute triumph

  Daily Mirror