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The Sleeping and the Dead Ann Cleeves

The Sleeping and the Dead By Ann Cleeves

The Sleeping and the Dead by Ann Cleeves


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Summary

A classic crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series.

The Sleeping and the Dead Summary

The Sleeping and the Dead by Ann Cleeves

The Sleeping and The Dead is a tense psychological thriller from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of three astounding TV series: Shetland, Vera and The Long Call.

Detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Lake where the body of a teenager has been discovered.
After trawling through the missing persons files, he comes to the conclusion that the corpse is Michael Grey, an enigmatic and secretive young man who was reported missing by his foster parents in 1972.

The news report that a body has been found leaves prison officer Hannah Morton in shock. Michael had been her boyfriend, and she had been with him the night he disappeared. And now the discovery is bringing back dreaded and long buried memories from her past . . .

The Sleeping and the Dead Reviews

Cleeves again excels in her sense of place in this cleverly plotted psychological thriller * The Times *
A suspenseful crime story that puts Ms Cleeves in the Rendell class * Peterborough Evening Telegraph *

About Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV's Vera, BBC One's Shetland and ITV's The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.

Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of 'Murder Squad', working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021 her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. She lives in North Tyneside where the Vera books are set.

Additional information

GOR012805317
9781529070514
1529070511
The Sleeping and the Dead by Ann Cleeves
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
20230105
400
N/A
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