The Crow Trap: The First Vera Stanhope Mystery [Paperback]

From Ann Cleeves, winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger Award, comesThe Crow Trap: the debut book in the Vera Stanhope series now available for the first time in the U.S.

Three very different women come together to complete an environmental survey on the Northumberland countryside. Three women who, in some way or another, know the meaning of betrayal....For team leader Rachael Lambert the project is the perfect opportunity to rebuild her confidence after a double-betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Botanist Anne Preece, on the other hand, sees it as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace Fulwell, a strange, uncommunicative young woman with plenty of her own secrets to hide...

When Rachael arrives at the cottage, however, she is horrified to discover the body of her friend Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide--a verdict Rachael finds impossible to accept.

Only when the next death occurs does a fourth woman enter the picture--the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope, who must piece together the truth from these women's tangled lives inThe Crow Trap.

Ann Cleeves's popular Vera Stanhope books have been made into the hit series Vera starring Brenda Blethyn and are available in the U.S.

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind two hit television seriesthe BBCsShetland, starring Douglas Henshall, and ITVsVera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethynboth of which are watched and loved in the US. Her brand new Two Rivers series will launch in September 2019, withThe Long Call.

Shetlandis available in the US on Netflix, Amazon Video, Britbox, and PBS, andVerais available on Hulu, Amazon Video, BritBox, and PBS.

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