The Heron's Cry
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3.8 • 68 Ratings
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- £11.99
Publisher Description
The number one Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, from author and creator of the iconic Vera and Shetland crime series, Ann Cleeves. Now a major ITV series, The Long Call.
‘Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning’ – David Baldacci
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coast-line. 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 Eve 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 . . .
The Heron’s Cry is the second novel in Ann Cleeves’ Two Rivers series following her Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Call.
Praise for The Long Call:
‘Had me hooked . . . a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves’ story’ – The Times
‘A triumph that cements Cleeves’ status as one of Britain’s best crime writers’ – Daily Express
‘Clever, compassionate and atmospheric . . . I am already a Matthew Venn fan’ – Elly Griffiths, award-winning author of The Crossing Places
‘Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot’ – Mail on Sunday
‘A traditional mystery of the best sort’ – The Guardian
Customer Reviews
*Engaging*
DI Matthew Venn is on his way to a crime scene in a rural area of North Devon where a collection of artists live and work.
The body of a man is found at the very place that houses his daughter’s work. She is a glassblower and the murder weapon is a shard of glass used for her work. Sadly she finds him and is shocked beyond belief.
No one in the village can understand who would want him dead but unbeknownst to Matthew the victim worked out who killed someone whose murder was supposed to look like suicide. The victim had to be silenced.
Soon after there is another body using the same murder weapon and Mathew and his team are slowly trying to connect the pieces.
It’s not a fast moving plot but I still found it engaging and I enjoyed how Matthew who is so methodical and serious wrapped up the case.
Good Story but…
Another cracking story by AC however, the narrator had such a monotone, flat voice that I kept drifting off - he just didn’t keep my attention. The narrator was excellent at the dialogue parts, and the accents were very good, but the rest of it … snooze…. There were no highs and lows, no colour brought in. No one naturally speaks like this chap did - all on one note. Such a shame as the story itself is really good but made listening to it like wading through cement and treacle and any other sticky stuff you can think of.