Vera Stanhope · Book 10
The Darkest Evening
- Published
- 1 January 2020
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9781509889525
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Darkest Evening (2020, 384 pages) slots into the Vera Stanhope series between the short e-story Frozen and the later e-short The Woman on the Island, continuing as the ninth full-length novel. Ann Cleeves keeps the focus on grief, isolation and community secrets over flashy plotting, true to the rest of the series.
Its place in Vera Stanhope
The Darkest Evening is book 10 in the Vera Stanhope series. It follows Frozen. It is followed by The Woman on the Island. 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 9781250204523
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781509889525