{"product_id":"9781509889709-the-herons-cry","title":"The Heron's Cry","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow a major ITV series, The Long Call, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning' - David Baldacci\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe number one Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, from author and creator of the Vera and Shetland series, Ann Cleeves - soon to be a major TV series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNorth Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coast-line. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter, Eve, is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved though to find that Eve is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen another body is found - killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Heron's Cry is the second novel in Ann Cleeves' Two Rivers series following her Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Call.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION 2022\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for The Long Call:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Had me hooked . . .  a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves' story' - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A triumph that cements Cleeves' status as one of Britain's best crime writers' - Daily Express\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Clever, compassionate and atmospheric . . . I am already a Matthew Venn fan' - Elly Griffiths\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot' - Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A traditional mystery of the best sort' - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48856980455643,"sku":"9781509889709","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a98afd9c-f552-4776-aed2-1170411c5d56.jpg?v=1781052366","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781509889709-the-herons-cry","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}