The Moth Catcher: A Vera Stanhope Mystery

Ann Cleeves

St. Martin's Publishing Group, Oct 4, 2016 - Fiction - 400 pages

From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes The Moth Catcher.

“Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers.”—Louise Penny

Life seems perfect in the quiet community of Valley Farm. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist, to look after the place while they’re away. But his dead body is found by the side of the lane—a lonely place to die.

When DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene, she finds the body of a second man. What the two victims seem to have in common is a fascination with studying moths—and with catching these beautiful, intriguing creatures.

The others who live in Valley Farm have secrets too: Lorraine’s calm demeanor belies a more complex personality; Annie and Sam’s daughter, Lizzie, is due to be released from prison; and Nigel watches, silently, every day, from his window. As Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes that there may be many deadly secrets trapped there . . .

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User Review  - Vesper1931 - LibraryThing

In Valley Farm, a quiet hamlet in Northumberland two bodies are discovered. What is the connection between them,what possible motive for their deaths. It is up to Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope and ...

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User Review  - JulieStielstra - LibraryThing

I want to like these. But overall, the TV series is actually better than the books (and often quite different). The characters in this one are many and difficult to keep straight. Cleeves works too ...

Contents

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About the author

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind three hit television series—Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, and The Long Call, starring Ben Aldridge—all of which are watched and loved in the United States. All three are available on BritBox.

The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She was awarded the OBE in 2022 for services to reading and libraries. Ann lives in the United Kingdom.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Moth Catcher: A Vera Stanhope Mystery; Volume 7 of Vera Stanhope
• Author: Ann Cleeves
• Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2016
• ISBN: 1250105439, 9781250105431
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths