Silent Voices: A Vera Stanhope Mystery

Ann Cleeves

Macmillan, May 7, 2013 - Fiction - 314 pages

Ann Cleeves has thrilled readers everywhere with her critically acclaimed mystery series set in the Shetland Islands, which began with the award-winning Raven Black. Now, Cleeves is back with another compelling mystery series (set in Northumberland, England). This one features detective Vera Stanhope, the lead character played by Brenda Blethyn on the hit television series "Vera." Destined for the same kind of fame achieved by Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse, the show is a favorite of millions of viewers in the U.K. and is available here on Netflix, PBS, and Amazon.

When Vera finds the body of a woman in the sauna of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life, she's uncovered a simple death of natural causes. But when a closer inspection reveals bruises around the victim's throat, Vera's team start their investigation. Vera and her colleagues soon uncover details in the victim's past that may explain her untimely death. But Vera knows from experience that there's no such thing as a simple case, and this one gets more baffling by the minute.

With pitch-perfect writing, a finely tuned mystery, and a protagonist with a complex past of her own, Silent Voices is a stand out penned by one of Britain's most successful mystery writers.

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SILENT VOICES

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The U.S. introduction to that scruffy, tactless, unloved loner, middle-aged Inspector Vera Stanhope.Struggling to get in shape at the Willows Health Club, DI Vera Stanhope, of the Northumbria Police ...

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 5
• Section 3: 13
• Section 4: 20
• Section 5: 28
• Section 6: 36
• Section 7: 45
• Section 8: 52
• Section 9: 58
• Section 10: 66
• Section 11: 74
• Section 12: 81
• Section 13: 92
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• Section 41: 298
• Section 42: 306

About the author

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy and New York Times bestselling author behind two hit television series--the BBC's Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, and ITV's Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn--both of which are watched and loved in the US. The Long Call, the first in the Two Rivers series introducing Detective Matthew Venn, was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Shetland is available in the US on Netflix, Amazon Video, Britbox and PBS, and Vera is available on Hulu, Amazon Video, BritBox and PBS.

The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She lives in the UK.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Silent Voices: A Vera Stanhope Mystery; Vera Stanhope Mystery, Ann Cleeves; Volume 4 of Vera Stanhope, Ann Cleeves
• Author: Ann Cleeves
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2013
• ISBN: 1250033586, 9781250033581
• Length: 314 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths; Fiction / Thrillers / General