The Rising Tide
01 September 2022Imprint: Macmillan
Synopsis
Vera Stanhope, star of ITV’s Vera, returns in the tenth novel in number one bestseller Ann Cleeves’s acclaimed series.
Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now, they still return every five years to celebrate their friendship, and remember the friend they lost to the rising waters...
Details
01 September 2022688 minutes
Janine Birkett
9781509889648Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
Ann Cleeves is on top form in this atmospheric mystery that gradually expands to include more shifty characters on the mainland, and, on her tenth outing, you feel the pain beneath Vera’s blowsy bravado. The Rising Tide is exactly the sort of novel she likes — it provides escape and 'the joy of loose ends tied up'.The Times
A thoroughly engrossing thrillerMail on Sunday
Who doesn’t love ‘large and shabby’ Vera Stanhope, the blunt detective in Ann Cleeves’s Northumberland police procedurals? She is already one of the genre immortals. Cleeves delivers some choice Vera moments in The Darkest EveningNew York Times
Cleeves’s Northumberland novels are strong on atmosphere, combining old-fashioned detective work with a modern take on classSunday Times
