The Crow Trap: The First Vera Stanhope Mystery (Vera Stanhope, #1)

by Ann Cleeves

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An ingenious psychological suspense novel.At the isolated Baikie's Cottage on the North Pennines, three very different women come together. Three women who each know the meaning of betrayal . . . For team leader Rachael the project is the perfect opportunity to rebuild her confidence after a double-betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Botanist Anne, on the other hand, sees it as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman with plenty of her own secrets to hide . . . When Rachael arrives at the cottage, however, she is horrified to discover the body of her friend Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide - a verdict Rachael finds impossible to accept. Only when the next death occurs does a fourth woman enter the picture - the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope...
  • ISBN10 1250122740
  • ISBN13 9781250122742
  • Publish Date 21 February 2017 (first published 22 October 1999)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Minotaur Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 544
  • Language English