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| Northumberland, England - Present Day Rosebank, a home for troubled teenagers, houses four young people, and has a tiny staff of three, two of whom rotate shifts, and the third staying some nights. The employees struggle to maintain some semblance of home, but are constantly short of funds. And now, one of the staff has been found dead outside the home, quite obviously murdered. Assigned the investigation, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope only knows that a murder has been committed, and that one of the teens at the house, fourteen-year-old Chloe, has disappeared. She had been close to the dead man, Josh, and Vera wants to find out if she saw anything, or worse, did she kill him? Gathering her team, Joe Ashworth, and new member, Rosie Bell, Vera begins to work through what few clues they have. Vera and her team are soon involved in a growing mystery when another body is found in the vast countryside of Northumberland in a place called The Three Dark Wives. It's a wild area where superstition is rampant, and it's easy to find hiding places. Did Chloe retreat there? Does she know of the second murder? Is she still alive? Or is she in danger? Book #11 of the Vera Stanhope series sure doesn't disappoint! There are plenty of suspects, and Vera and her team are finding brick walls thrown up before them as they sieve through what few facts they can find. If readers can figure this out before Vera and crew do, good luck! Do not miss this latest intriguing novel from Ann Cleeves. Jani Brooks |
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THE DARK WIVES - Ann Cleeves