The Dark Wives: A Vera Stanhope Novel

The Dark Wives: A Vera Stanhope NovelAs New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and on TV, this stunning eleventh book explores the web of secrets surrounding a young man's death. The man's body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed

So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way

to conduct an astonishing experiment in finding and fielding a team that nobody else wanted

and roasted figs to luscious dessert boards with mini cheesecakes and red-wine ice-cream bites

Garden Bugs

and he'll wait however long until she's ready to take things further

Betty Smith has

But as their battle of wills and words fans the flames of long-smoldering devotion

With A Grandfather's Life

Unbeknownst to them both

First Stories

author of Where the Crawdads Sing

It feels like a curse