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The Seagull
- Author
- Ann Cleeves
- Narrator
- Janine Birkett
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 1 October 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
A body, a nightclub – and long-buried memories. Set in Northumberland, The Seagull is the eighth book in Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope detective series – now a major ITV crime drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.
Obsession never dies . . .
When prison inmate and former police officer John Brace says he’s willing to give up information about the location of a dead body in return for protection for his family, Vera knows that she has to look into his claims.
But opening up this cold case strikes much closer to home than Vera anticipates as her investigation takes her back in time to The Seagull, a once-decadent and now-derelict nightclub where her deceased father and his friends used to congregate.
As Vera’s past collides dangerously with the present, she will have to confront her unwanted memories and face the possibility that her father was involved in what happened. The truth is about to come out, but is Vera ready for what it will reveal?
'Another jewel in her crown' – Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses
Enjoy more of Vera's investigations with The Darkest Evening, the next entry in the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling crime series.
Critics Review
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Another jewel in her crown
Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses
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A thoroughly engrossing thriller
The Mail on Sunday, on The Rising Tide
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Cleeves’s Northumberland novels are strong on atmosphere, combining old-fashioned detective work with a modern take on class
The Sunday Times
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Who doesn’t love ‘large and shabby’ Vera Stanhope, the blunt detective in Ann Cleeves’s Northumberland police procedurals? She is already one of the genre immortals
The New York Times, on The Darkest Evening
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If you’re a fan of ITV’s crime drama Vera, you’ll love the books that inspired the series
S Magazine
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Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves
Val McDermid, award-winning author of Silent Bones
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Cleeves is quietly carving out a reputation as the new Queen of Crime
Sunday Mirror
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The Queen of the detective novel, thrilling millions of readers
Daily Express
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Details
- Author
- Ann Cleeves
- Narrator
- Janine Birkett
- Duration
- 11 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 October 2022
- ISBN
- 9781035012077
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Narrative theme: sense of place, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
Synopsis
A body, a nightclub – and long-buried memories. Set in Northumberland, The Seagull is the eighth book in Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope detective series – now a major ITV crime drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.Obsession never dies . . .When prison inmate and former police officer John Brace says he’s willing to give up information about the location of a dead body in return for protection for his family, Vera knows that she has to look into his claims.But opening up this cold case strikes much closer to home than Vera anticipates as her investigation takes her back in time to The Seagull, a once-decadent and now-derelict nightclub where her deceased father and his friends used to congregate.As Vera’s past collides dangerously with the present, she will have to confront her unwanted memories and face the possibility that her father was involved in what happened. The truth is about to come out, but is Vera ready for what it will reveal?'Another jewel in her crown' – Mick Herron, author of Slow HorsesEnjoy more of Vera's investigations with The Darkest Evening, the next entry in the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling crime series.
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