Heron's Cry

Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning David Baldacci

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.

North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases.

Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. Hes a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.

Then another body is found killed in a similar way. 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 . . .

The Herons Cry

is the second novel in Ann Cleeves Two Rivers crime series, following her

Sunday Times

bestseller,

The Long Call.

Praise for

The Long Call

As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves latest. Matthew

Venn is a keeper

.

A

stunning

debut for Cleeves latest crimefighter

-

David Baldacci

Had me hooked . . . a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves story -

The Times

A triumph that cements Cleeves status as

one of Britain

s best crime writers

-

Daily Express

Clever, compassionate and atmospheric . . . I am already a Matthew Venn fan -

Elly Griffiths

Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot -

Mail on Sunday

A traditional mystery of the best sort -

Guardian