SEAGULL

"I loved The Seagull — quite simply it reminds me why Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers! I relish learning more about Vera with each book, and The Seagull provides fresh insight into one of our most complex and lovable sleuths."—New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny

"Definitely one of the best crime novels of 2017."—Reviewing the Evidence

A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective superintendent, and now inmate, John Brace. Brace was convicted of corruption and involvement in the death of a gamekeeper – and Vera played a key part in his downfall.

Now, Brace promises Vera information about the disappearance of Robbie Marshall, a notorious wheeler-dealer who disappeared in the mid-nineties, if she will look out for his daughter and grandchildren. He tells her that Marshall is dead, and that his body is buried close to St Mary’s Island in Whitley Bay. However, when a search team investigates, officers find not one skeleton, but two.

This cold case case takes Vera back in time, and very close to home, as Brace and Marshall, along with a mysterious stranger known only as ‘the Prof’, were close friends of Hector, her father. Together, they were the 'Gang of Four’, regulars at a glamorous nightclub called The Seagull. Hector had been one of the last people to see Marshall alive. As the past begins to collide dangerously with the present, Vera confronts her prejudices and unwanted memories to dig out the truth . . .

The Seagull is a searing new novel by Sunday Times bestselling author Ann Cleeves, about corruption deep in the heart of a community, and fragile, and fracturing, family relationships.

„Mi-a placut Pescarusul - pur si simplu imi aminteste de ce Ann Cleeves este una dintre scriitoarele mele preferate de mister! Imi place sa aflu mai multe despre Vera cu fiecare carte, iar Pescarusul ofera o perspectiva noua asupra unuia dintre cele mai complexe si mai dragute detalii. Autorul bestseller-ului New York Times, Louise Penny, „Cu siguranta unul dintre cele mai bune romane criminale din 2017.” - Revizuirea dovezilor O vizita la inchisoarea sa locala il aduce pe DI Vera Stanhope fata in fata cu un dusman vechi: fostul superintendent de detectiv si acum detinut, John Brace .