The Seagull is the eighth book in the Vera Stanhope series by Ann Cleeves, the international #1 bestselling author and creator of Vera, Shetland and the Two Rivers series.
Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty 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 and Jimmy Perez, who can now be found on television in ITV's Vera and BBC One's Shetland. 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 is also a passionate champion for libraries and was a National Libraries Day Ambassador in 2016. Ann lives in North Tyneside near where the Vera books are set.
Another jewel in her crown
*Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses*
A thoroughly engrossing thriller
*The Mail on Sunday, on The Rising Tide*
Cleeves’s Northumberland novels are strong on atmosphere, combining
old-fashioned detective work with a modern take on class
*The Sunday Times*
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
*The New York Times, on The Darkest Evening*
If you’re a fan of ITV’s crime drama Vera, you’ll love the books
that inspired the series
*S Magazine*
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