Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, 2)

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The ending really surprised me in this book and although I loved the first book, I think I may have enjoyed this one even slightly better. Ann's DI Vera Stanhope series of books is set in Northumberland and features the well loved detective along with her partner Joe Ashworth.

Vera and her sergeant, Joe Ashworth, come into the picture earlier in this book than the first, which I appreciated, but I would like a clearer vision of just who Vera is. The more readers learn of Vera is seems that behind her indomitable front, she too, has her own disappointments and grasp on human emotions.

Demonstrating singular adeptness with mood and pacing, narrator Julia Franklin shines in this character-rich mystery set in northern England.

It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel.Now a civilian, Dan’s past is shrouded in mystery, but the arrival of Emma’s self-contained and studious brother, Christopher, who tells of his long held devoted love of Abigail makes Emma realise that perhaps she wasn’t quite so close to her friend as she believed at the time. Ann's Shetland series bring us DI Jimmy Perez, investigating in the mysterious, dark, and beautiful Shetland Islands.