by Ann Cleeves
What a drag this book was! I have fallen in love with the tv series starring Brenda Blethyn and I was so excited to start a new mystery series. Now of course I am wondering if I should even bother with the second book in the series, "Telling Tales." As other reviews have noted, Vera doesn't even sho...
Series: Vera Standhope #1 The first Vera Standhope book explores how a suicide may be linked to some subsequent murders and offers a late introduction to Vera herself. Overall I found the book to be quite enjoyable although I found the ending to be a bit of a let down, somehow. I do plan on expl...
This is the first entry in a series new to me. I've read and enjoyed the Shetland series, appreciated the for the characters and the atmospheric setting. The atmospheric setting is delivered here as well as three women spend time in a naturalist house to survey the wildlife - a requirement before th...
bookshelves: britain-england, mystery-thriller, northumberland, series, film-only, published-1999 Read on January 21, 2012 THE CROW TRAP: blurb - Bella Furness is lured into a barn and murdered. Her body is found by environmentalist Anne Preece, who is researching reasons to prevent a quarry bei...
The first book of the Inspector Vera Stanhope mysteries. They've been turned into a tv series that I enjoyed very much. I wanted to see if the books were any good. I started off with the 4th one, Silent Voices, a wonderful mystery. This 1st book is different from Silent Voices in that it doesn't foc...
THE CROW TRAP: blurb - Bella Furness is lured into a barn and murdered. Her body is found by environmentalist Anne Preece, who is researching reasons to prevent a quarry being dug nearby for a company headed by Godfrey Waugh, whom Vera discovers is having an affair with Anne. Bella opposed the quarr...
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