From Ann Cleeves--New York Times bestselling and award-winning
author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV
shows--comes The Crow Trap, the first in the Vera Stanhope series.
"Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."--Louise Penny
Three very different women come together to complete an environmental
survey on the Northumberland countryside. Three women who, in some way
or another, know the meaning of betrayal....For team leader Rachael
Lambert the project is the perfect opportunity to rebuild her confidence
after a double-betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Botanist Anne
Preece, on the other hand, sees it as a chance to indulge in a little
deception of her own. And then there is Grace Fulwell, 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, who must
piece together the truth from these women's tangled lives in The Crow
Trap.