Vera Stanhope · Book 2
Telling Tales
- Published
- 1 January 2005
- Pages
- 410
- ISBN-13
- 9781250122780
- Type
- novel
About this book
Telling Tales (2005, 410 pages) follows The Crow Trap and is where Vera Stanhope truly steps forward as the series' lead -- some readers even start here rather than with the debut. It continues Ann Cleeves's slow-burn, atmosphere-first procedural style, more interested in grief and small-community secrets than flashy plotting.
Its place in Vera Stanhope
Telling Tales is book 2 in the Vera Stanhope series. It follows The Crow Trap. It is followed by Hidden Depths. See the full Vera Stanhope reading order.
DI Vera Stanhope is a rumpled, overweight, prickly detective working the Northumberland coast, and one of British crime fiction's most deliberately unglamorous protagonists: no tortured backstory played for sex appeal, no maverick charm, just a lonely, socially awkward woman who is very good at reading people precisely because she's spent a lifetime being underestimated by them. Ann Cleeves built the series around procedural rigor grounded in real police work and a strong sense of place — the bleak, beautiful…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250122773
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250122780