num_pages: 376
description: For the first time in 20 years Ann Cleeves --international bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series both of which are hit TV shows-- embarks on a gripping new series.In North Devon where two rivers converge and run into the sea Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his fathers funeral takes place. Once loved and cherished the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in he lost his family too.Now as he turns and walks away again he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back into the community he thought he had left behind as deadly secrets hidden at its heart are revealed and his past and present collide.An astonishing new novel told with compassion and searing insight The Long Call will captivate fans of Vera and Shetland as well as new readers.
language: English
title: The Long Call
publisher: Minotaur Books