The Long Call (The Two Rivers Series)

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From Ann Cleeves--bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series both of which are hit TV shows--comes the first in a gripping new series. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."--Louise Penny In North Devon where two rivers converge and run into the sea Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged fathers funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in he lost his family too. Now as he turns and walks away again he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past as deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed and his new life is forced into a collision course with the world he thought hed left behind. From Ann Cleeves bestselling author of Vera and Shetland beloved by readers and TV viewers alike comes a spectacular new series told with deep compassion and searing insight.