{"title":"Ann Cleeves","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-raging-storm","title":"The Raging Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetective Matthew Venn returns in \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Raging Storm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, the next captivating novel in the Two Rivers series from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and Shetland.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jem Rosco  sailor, adventurer and local legend  blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. The residents think nothing of it when Rosco disappears again; thats the sort of man he is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil the lifeboat is launched to a hoax call-out during a raging storm and his body is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an uncomfortable case for DI Matthew Venn. He came to the remote village as a child, its community populated by the Barum Brethren that he parted ways with, so when superstition and rumour mix and another body is found in the cove, Matthew soon finds his judgement clouded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the stormy winds howl and the village is cut off, Venn and his team start their investigation, little realizing their own lives might be in danger. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the Matthew Venn series:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Matthew Venn is a keeper' - David Baldacci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Had me hooked . . . a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves story' - \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A triumph that cements Cleeves status as one of Britains best crime writers' - \u003cem\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Clever, compassionate and atmospheric' - Elly Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot' - \u003cem\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A traditional mystery of the best sort' - \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264413778214,"sku":"the-raging-storm","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/f5f8e8b1-6538-4562-ac43-e7b2f39d24c5.jpg?v=1701096956"},{"product_id":"a-bird-in-the-hand","title":"A Bird in the Hand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Bird in the Hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the first novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn England’s birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted – a murderer . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Tom French is found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck. One of the best birders in England, Tom had put the village of Rushy on the birdwatching map. Everyone liked him. Or did they?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Palmer-Jones, an elderly birdwatcher who decides quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovers mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remains baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as he and his fellow ‘twitchers’ flock from Norfolk to Scotland to the Scilly Isles in response to rumours of rare sightings, George – with help from his lovely wife, Molly – gradually discerns the true markings of a killer. 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