I'm a huge fan of all of Ann Cleeves' mysteries, but my favorite is the Vera Stanhope series. Today marks the launch of Ann Cleeves' latest Vera Stanhope crime novel, The Dark Wives. I was lucky enough to read it last month, and it's another standout novel. It kept me reading late into the night. As always, the police procedure is spot on, and we learn more about Vera and the cadre of characters we've grown to love. The Dark Wives deals with the problems in Britain's child welfare system.
FYI: This is not the final Vera Stanhope mystery. The next one will be published in 2026.
But here's some Vera TV news: Brenda Blethyn will be retiring from the TV show "Vera," and her final episode, airing in 2025, will be based on The Dark Wives.
Read The Dark Wives now and get a sneak peak into what will be the final showing from Brenda Blethyn, BAFTA winner and Oscar nominated actress, as Vera.
Be sure to scroll down to view Ann Cleeves discussing Female Detectives.
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Ann Cleeves is the award-winning New York Times and multi-million copy bestselling author behind three hit television series—the BBC’s Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, and ITV’s Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, and The Long Call, starring Ben Aldridge. All three are available on Britbox.
The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Cleeves was the recipient of the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger award in 2017. In 2022 she was awarded the OBE for services to reading and libraries.
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