The Rising Tide (Vera #10)
by Ann Cleeves
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Pub Date Sep 01 2022 | Archive Date Aug 26 2022
Pan Macmillan | Macmillan
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Description
New York Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Two Rivers series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the tenth in the acclaimed Northumbrian set Vera Stanhope series, following on from The Darkest Evening.
Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now, they still return every five years to celebrate their friendship, and remember the friend they lost to the rising waters of the causeway at the first reunion.
When one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then, and now.
But with the tide rising, secrets long-hidden are finding their way to the surface, and Vera and the team may find themselves in more danger than they could have believed possible...
Author Bio:
Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television's Vera, Shetland, (Netflix) and The Long Call (Britbox), respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.
Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she began writing. She is a member of 'Murder Squad', working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021, her Reading for Wellbeing project launched in the UK. She lives in Northumberland where the Vera books are set.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781509889624 |
| PRICE | CA$25.99 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 384 |
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Featured Reviews
Sarah B, Reviewer
I received this ebooks via NetGalley and I am grateful for the opportunity to read this ARC.
I have watched every episode of Vera on tv and I have read several of her books. This one show that Ann Cleeves never wavers when it comes to her writing. Another murder mystery with plenty of suspects and always that twist at the end.
The characters are realistic and easy to like. They compliment Vera’s stodgy behaviour and the all have deep respect for her and for each other. Each book shows us a bit more about them and what makes them tick. This book had me reading to the wee hours, not wanting to put it down. You are constantly changing your mind on who “dunnit” and while you want to know how this story ends you almost don’t want it with as you have intertwined these characters and yourself together. A fabulous book written about one of the best police officers in book or on tv.
Terri P, Reviewer
As dependable a treat as the coldest, sweetest, ice-cream on a summer day, any book by Ann Cleeves, including this hot-off-the-press installment (#10) in the glorious #Vera series, will not disappoint.
Vera, back with all the brash, brave, headstrong (and unabashedly offensively-leaning) determination she brings to any crime-solving venture, has her hands full with this murder spree on a remote causeway, which is closed off from the mainland for large portions of each day by the predictably-moody advance of the swirling tides. Known locally as “Holy Island”, this austere setting hosts an equally-austere former convent, “Pilgrim House”, home to the five-year reunions of a group of former school chums, now fifty-years into their recurring visits.
Secrets held for decades struggle to be contained as our cast of characters (many of them now in various stages of decline as they face life in their early sixties), assembles, the past reigniting “the tensions and stresses of the present’.
And what a fascinating cast it is - including (but not limited to):
A priest now nearing retirement; a duo of beautiful sisters (one mysteriously deceased); a twice-divorced journalist ostracized and shamed (but not prosecuted) for being “too free with his hands”; a dementia sufferer and his practical, steely-willed wife; a timid deli-owner and her charismatic Heathcliff-ian (and recently moneyed) ex husband.
As the plot (amidst the ever-present backdrop of the tide) ebbs and flows, and bodies begin to accumulate, puzzling and increasingly maddening to Vera and her crime-solving team, the author strikes a contemplative tone - touching on themes including the poignancy of aging, loss, grief, loneliness and the hidden shame of secrets and lies.
As Vera (unusually vulnerable as we observe her envy of the elderly group of suspects in their closeness, camaraderie and connection), is driven to her own musings and emotional memories, it’s impossible not to feel, with her and for her, a wistfulness and a sense of impending foreboding - of aging and “time slipping by” - as it seeps out over the rising tide, leaving her (and the bookish observer), inevitably “stranded, and alone”.
Not to be missed, a satisfying and delectable addition to an already wonderful series, I loved this book, leaving me looking forward to more and more of Vera and her team, and quite literally, any work by this author (one of my absolute favorites).
A great big thank you to #NetGalley, the author and the publisher for an ARC of this novel. All thoughts presented are my own.
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