Vera Stanhope · Book 13
The Dark Wives
- Published
- 27 August 2024
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9781250836854
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 400 pages, The Dark Wives (2024) is currently the latest entry in the Vera Stanhope series, following The Rising Tide as the eleventh full-length novel. Ann Cleeves has confirmed the next Vera novel will be the series' last, making this the current penultimate instalment in the DI's long-running story.
Its place in Vera Stanhope
The Dark Wives is book 13 in the Vera Stanhope series. It follows The Rising Tide. 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 9781250836847
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250836854