Author: Ann Cleeves
Year: 2017
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Mystery, Fiction, Crime
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9781447278344
9781250124869
1447278348
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A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective superintendent, and now inmate, John Brace. Brace was convicted of corruption and involvement in the death of a gamekeeper - and Vera played a key part in his downfall.
Now, Brace promises Vera information about the disappearance of Robbie Marshall, a notorious wheeler-dealer who disappeared in the mid-nineties, if she will look out for his daughter and grandchildren. He tells her that Marshall is dead, and that his body is buried close to St Mary's Island in Whitley Bay. However, when a search team investigates, officers find not one skeleton, but two.
This cold case case takes Vera back in time, and very close to home, as Brace and Marshall, along with a mysterious stranger known only as 'the Prof', were close friends of Hector, her father. Together, they were the 'Gang of Four', regulars at a glamorous nightclub called The Seagull. Hector had been one of the last people to see Marshall alive. As the past begins to collide dangerously with the present, Vera confronts her prejudices and unwanted memories to dig out the truth . . .
The Seagull is a searing new novel by Sunday Times bestselling author Ann Cleeves, about corruption deep in the heart of a community, and fragile, and fracturing, family relationships.
This book is part of the "Vera Stanhope" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Moth Catcher"
First published in 2015
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 | "The Glass Room"
First published in 2012
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 | "Silent Voices"
First published in 2010
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 | "Telling Tales"
First published in 2005
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 | "The Crow Trap"
First published in 1999
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 | "Harbour Street"
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 | "Hidden Depths"
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