Description
The Heron’s Cry is the second novel in Ann Cleeves’ Two Rivers following her Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Call
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. 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.
Dr 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 she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.
Then 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 …
MEDIA REVIEWS
‘Matthew Venn is a keeper. A stunning debut for Cleeves’ latest crimefighter’ – David Baldacci on The Long Call
‘Had me hooked – a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves story’ – The Times on The Long Call
