Author Spotlight: Ann Cleeves (4/12/23)

With Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez, Detective Matthew Venn, and Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope, Ann Cleeves has created mystery worlds filled with complex and flawed characters, intricate plots, and richly engrossing atmospheres.

And, THE RAGING STORM is no exception, as Matthew Venn takes on a case with a missing sailor and a looming storm.

Not only is Ann Cleeves a master at mystery and bestselling author, but she also heads the “North East Reading for Wellbeing” project which uses books and stories to improve the lives of readers. Impressed? Us, too! Learn more know more.

“Stories can be healing. If we’re drowning in chaotic thoughts of our own, to step inside someone else’s head, just for a while, is a kind of freedom.”–Ann Cleeves

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THE RAGING STORM: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel by Ann Cleeves

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“Star-spangled celebrity adventurer Jem Rosco upends the residents of Greystone, Devon, by swirling into town amid a ferocious gale and just as quickly swirling away, later to be found dead in a dinghy anchored in Scully Cove. DI Matthew Venn is on the case, but Greystone holds bad memories for him, and he’s further troubled by another death and the sense that he and his team are in danger.”–Library Journal Pre Pub Alert

Click here for the Shetland Island Mysteries, the Two Rivers Series, and the Vera Stanhope Novels to see more from Ann Cleeves.

THE RAGING STORM: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel by Ann Cleeves; 9781250836779; 9/5/23