The Long Call: Now a major ITV series starring Ben Aldridge as Detective Matthew Venn (Two Rivers, 1) - Hardcover

Cleeves, Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1509889566 ISBN 13: 9781509889563

Publisher: Macmillan, 2019

Synopsis

The Long Call is the captivating first novel in the Two Rivers series from Sunday Times bestseller and creator of Vera and Shetland, Ann Cleeves.

In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up, he lost his family too.

Now he's back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region; a complex place not quite as idyllic as tourists suppose.

A body has been found on the beach near to Matthew's new home: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.

Finding the killer is Venn’s only focus, and his team’s investigation will take him straight back into the community he left behind, and the deadly secrets that lurk there.

About this title

About the Author

Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV's The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.

Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021 her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. She lives in North Tyneside where the Vera books are set.

From the Back Cover

Praise for Ann Cleeves

‘The best living evoker of landscape’ Mark Lawson, Guardian

‘Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves’ Val McDermid

‘Ann’s characterization is worthy of the best writers in the field’ Daily Express

‘Cleeves is quietly carving out a reputation as the new Queen of Crime’ Sunday Mirror

‘As finely crafted and satisfying as a well-made piece of furniture – just look at the workmanship’ The Times

‘One of the best natural writers of detective fiction’ Sunday Express

‘Breaks the conventional mould of British crime-writing, while retaining the traditional virtues of strong narrative and careful plotting’ Independent

‘Atmospheric, gripping and shrewd, this is pure brilliance’ Heat

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509889566
• ISBN 13: 9781509889563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384