{"product_id":"the-herons-cry-ann-cleeves-9781509889679","title":"The Heron's Cry","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning' David Baldacci\u003c\/p\u003e\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 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.\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 she 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 crime series, following her Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Call.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for The Long Call\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves' latest. Matthew Venn is a keeper. A stunning debut for Cleeves' latest crimefighter' - David Baldacci\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":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Fair","offer_id":43176084308211,"sku":"8880002754253","price":8.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781509889679.jpg?v=1662081897","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-herons-cry-ann-cleeves-9781509889679","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}