The Moth Catcher

*winner Of The 2017 Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger* *vera Stanhope Will Return In The Seagull* The Moth Catcher Is The Seventh Book In Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope Series - Now The Major Itv Detective Drama Vera, Starring Brenda Blethyn. 'this Case Was Different From Anything Vera Had Ever Worked Before. Two Bodies, Connected But Not Lying Together. And Nothing Made Her Feel As Alive As Murder.' Life Seems Perfect In Valley Farm, A Quiet Community In Northumberland. Then A Shocking Discovery Shatters The Silence. The Owners Of A Big Country House Have Employed A House-sitter, A Young Ecologist Named Patrick, To Look After The Place While They're Away. But Patrick Is Found Dead By The Side Of The Lane Into The Valley - A Beautiful, Lonely Place To Die. Di Vera Stanhope Arrives On The Scene, With Her Detectives Holly And Joe. When They Look Round The Attic Of The Big House - Where Patrick Has A Flat - She Finds The Body Of A Second Man. All The Two Victims Have In Common Is A Fascination With Moths - Catching These Beautiful, Rare Creatures. Those Who Live In The Valley Farm Development Have Secrets Too: Annie And Sam's Daughter Is Due To Be Released From Prison Any Day; Nigel Watches, Silently, Every Day, From His Window. As Vera Is Drawn Into The Claustrophobic World Of This Increasingly Strange Community, She Realizes That There May Be Deadly Secrets Trapped Here . . . Also Available In The Vera Stanhope Series Are The Crow Trap, Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices, The Glass Room And Harbour Street. The Moth Catcher is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves's Vera Stanhope series – which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera. As though to a flame, they were drawn to their deaths . . . Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist named Patrick, to look after the place while they're away. But Patrick is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley – a beautiful, lonely place to die. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene and when searching the attic of the big house – where Patrick had a flat – she finds the body of a second man. The only thing connecting the two victims is a fascination with studying moths – and catching these beautiful, rare creatures. Those who live in the close-knit Valley Farm development have secrets too, and as Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes that there may be deadly secrets trapped there . . . Enjoy more of Vera Stanhope's investigations with The Seagull and The Darkest Evening . AFROM 2006 DUNCAN LAWRIE DAGGER WINNER ANN CLEEVESLife seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist named Patrick, to look after the place while they're away. But Patrick is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley - a beautiful, lonely place to die. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene, with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of the big house - where Patrick has a flat - she finds the body of a second man. All the two victims have in common is a fascination with moths - catching these beautiful, rare creatures. The three couples who live in the Valley Farm development have secrets too: Annie and Sam's daughter is due to be released from prison any day; Nigel watches, silently, every day, from his window. As Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes that there may be deadly secrets trapped here .. "Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter to look after the place while they're away. But he is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of the big house, Vera finds the body of a second man. As Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes that there may be deadly secrets trapped here ... The Moth Catcher will be episode three of ITV's Vera series 6, coming in 2016"-- Provided by publisher