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Vera Stanhope, star of ITV’s Vera, returns in the eleventh novel in this acclaimed series.
The man’s body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker on the
common outside Rosebank, a care home for troubled teens. The victim is Josh, a staff
member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up.
DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death. Her only clue is the
disappearance of one of the home’s residents, fourteen-year-old Chloe Spence. Vera
can’t bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even
she can’t dismiss the possibility.
Vera, Joe and new team member Rosie Bell are soon embroiled in the case, and when
a second body is found near the Three Dark Wives landmark in the wilds of the
Northumbrian countryside, superstition and folklore begin to collide with fact.
Vera knows she has to find Chloe to get to the truth, but it seems that the dark
secrets in their community may be far more dangerous that she could ever have
believed possible.