Vera Stanhope · Book 7

The Moth Catcher

Published
1 January 2015
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781250105424
Type
novel
Cover of The Moth Catcher

About this book

The Moth Catcher (2015, 400 pages) holds the seventh position in the Vera Stanhope series, continuing Ann Cleeves's focus on isolation and small-community secrets over twisty plotting -- and the ongoing partnership between Vera and her sergeant, Joe Ashworth.

Key facts about The Moth Catcher

Ann Cleeves wrote The Moth Catcher, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2015. The book has 400 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250105424 to find the main one.

The Moth Catcher is book 7 of 13 in the Vera Stanhope series. The series has 13 published books. However, the series starts with The Crow Trap (1999). The Dark Wives is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 27 August 2024.

Additionally, Ann Cleeves writes George and Molly Palmer-Jones, Inspector Ramsay and Shetland, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our cozy mystery, police procedural and mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Killing Stones is the latest published Ann Cleeves book on file, from 7 October 2025.

About Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves is an English crime writer whose atmospheric, character-driven procedurals are rooted in remote, weather-beaten landscapes she has often lived in herself. Early jobs cooking at a Fair Isle bird observatory and, later, years spent on the tidal, no-electricity Hilbre Island fed directly into her fiction. See every Ann Cleeves book in order.

Its place in Vera Stanhope

The Moth Catcher is book 7 in the Vera Stanhope series. It follows Harbour Street. It is followed by The Seagull. 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…

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