

'Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot' - Mail on Sunday 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 a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves' story' - The Times The Heron's Cry is the second novel in Ann Cleeves' Two Rivers series following her Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Call. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home.

Then another body is found - killed in a similar way. Matthew is unnerved though to find that Eve is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. His daughter, Eve, is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases.ĭr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coast-line. The number one Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, from author and creator of the Vera and Shetland series, Ann Cleeves - soon to be a major TV series. Now a major ITV series, The Long Call, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.
