Harbour Street – Ann Cleeves
We Brits love Vera. Played on TV by the wonderful Brenda Blethyn, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is a straight-talking investigator whose suppressed maternal instinct sometimes finds its way to the surface with a gruff, awkward charm. And ah, those big skies, desolate landscapes and that Tyneside accent…. The good news is that this novel, ...