The heron's cry: a detective matthew venn novel - Ann Cleeves

New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves returns with The Heron's Cry , the extraordinary follow-up to The Long Call , soon to be a major TV series, alongside her two hit TV shows Shetland and Vera .

In Matthew Venn, Ann has created a complex, daring, subtle character.

--Louise Penny A complex mystery full of surprises .

this character-driven exploration of people's darkest flaws is a sterling example of Cleeves' formidable talents.

-- Kirkus Reviews 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 with a shard of one of his glassblower daughter's broken vases.

Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim.

He's 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 soon finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home.

DI Matthew Venn returns in The Heron's Cry , in Ann Cleeves powerful next novel, proving once again that she is a master of her craft.