# The Heron's Cry

**_New York Times_ bestseller Ann Cleeves returns with _The Heron's Cry_, the extraordinary follow-up to _The Long Call_, now a major TV series, alongside her two hit TV shows _Shetland_ and _Vera_.**

**AN INSTANT _NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLER!**

**"In Matthew Venn, Ann has created a complex, daring, subtle character." --Louise Penny**

**A complex mystery full of surprises . . . this character-driven exploration of people's darkest flaws is a sterling example of Cleeves' formidable talents.** **\--****_Kirkus Reviews_**

North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder--Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed with a shard of one of his glassblower daughter's broken vases.

Dr. Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.

Then another body is found--killed in a similar way. Matthew soon finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home.

DI Matthew Venn returns in _The Heron's Cry_, in Ann Cleeves powerful next novel, proving once again that she is a master of her craft.

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