The Dark Wives: DCI Vera Stanhope returns in a new thrilling mystery from the Sunday Times #1 Bestseller

Vera Stanhope, star of ITVs Vera, returns in the eleventh novel in Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller Ann Cleevess acclaimed series. The mans body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker on the common outside Rosebank, a care home for trouble teens. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up.DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death. Her only clue is the disappearance of one of the homes residents, fourteen-year-old Chloe Spence. Vera cant bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she cant dismiss the possibility.Vera, Joe and new team member Rosie Bell are soon embroiled in the case, and when a second body is found near the Three Dark Wives landmark in the wilds of the Northumbrian countryside, superstition and folklore begin to collide with fact.Vera knows she has to find Chloe to get to the truth, but it seems that the dark secrets in their community may be far more dangerous that she could ever have believed possible. The mans body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a care home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up. DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death, with her only clue being the disappearance of one of the home's residents, fourteen year old Chloe Spence. Vera cant bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she cant dismiss the possibility. Vera, Joe and new team member Rosie Bell, are soon embroiled in the case, and when a second connected body is found near the Three Dark Wives monument in the wilds of the Northumberland countryside, superstition and folklore begin to collide with fact. Vera knows she has to find Chloe to get to the truth, and the dark secrets in their community that may be far more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible.