{"product_id":"9781509889556-darkest-evening","title":"The Darkest Evening","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ninth novel in the Vera Stanhope series, from the No. 1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Ann Cleeves, sees Vera having to solve a classic country house mystery with a contemporary twist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristmas is coming – and death is at the door. DCI Vera Stanhope returns in \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Evening\u003c\/i\u003e, the ninth novel in number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller Ann Cleeves’s phenomenally popular crime series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe darkest nights can hide the deadliest secrets .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDriving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhope’s only thought is to get there quickly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut with the snow driving down heavily, she becomes disorientated and loses her way, eventually stumbling on another car abandoned on the road. With the driver’s door open, Vera assumes the driver has sought shelter but is shocked to find a young toddler strapped in the back seat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfraid they will freeze, Vera takes the child and drives on, arriving at Brockburn, a run-down stately home she immediately recognizes as the house her father Hector grew up in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside Brockburn a party is in full swing, with music and laughter to herald the coming Christmas. But outside in the snow, a young woman lies dead and Vera has a new case. Could she be the child’s mother and, if she is, what happened to her?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thoroughly engrossing thriller' – \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34088326594657,"sku":"9781509889556","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27715389.jpg?v=1742228877","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509889556-darkest-evening","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}