![]() His body is found at an off-the-beaten-track artists’ commune, where his glassblower daughter Eve lives – and the murder weapon is from one of her broken vases. A long shard of broken glass is sticking out of his neck. But it soon becomes clear he wants her professional advice and after getting Jen’s details he leaves. She’s at a friend’s party, drinking too much and generally enjoying herself when she’s introduced to Nigel Yeo, who asks for her number and for a moment Jen thinks he’s hitting on her. Was I looking forward to meeting Venn again? You betcha! But as The Heron’s Cry opens, it is his second in command, DS Jen Rafferty, who is in the spotlight. Happily it was the former, and the book even made it into my top 5 choices of 2019. After all, Cleeves is the creator of the hugely popular Vera and Shetland series. He was new and green and had some tough acts to follow. It is two years almost to the day since Ann Cleeves launched Detective Matthew Venn into the cutthroat world of crime fiction. ![]()
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