Vera Stanhope · Book 1
The Crow Trap
- Published
- 1 January 1999
- Pages
- 532
- ISBN-13
- 9781250122759
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Crow Trap (1999, 532 pages) launched the Vera Stanhope series, though it was originally written as a standalone years before Ann Cleeves developed it into one -- so Vera herself is a supporting character in her own debut rather than the clear lead she becomes from Telling Tales onward. It's set on the bleak, beautiful Northumberland coast that anchors every book to follow.
Its place in Vera Stanhope
The Crow Trap is book 1 in the Vera Stanhope series. It is followed by Telling Tales. 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 9781250122759