Telling Tales (Charnwood Large Print) [Hardcover]

"'Cleeves again excels in her sense of place... A cleverly plotted psychological thriller', The Times; 'Puts Ms Cleeves in the Rendell class' Peterborough Evening Telegraph" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The second book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel. Now residents of the East Yorkshire village of Elvet are disturbed to hear of new evidence proving Jeanie’s innocence. Abigail’s killer is still at large. For one young woman, Emma Bennett, the revelation brings back haunting memories of her vibrant best friend - and of that fearful winters day when she had discovered her body lying cold in a ditch. As Inspector Vera Stanhope makes fresh enquiries on the peninsula and villagers are hauled back to a time they hoped to forget, tensions begin to mount. But are people afraid of the killer, or of their own guilty pasts? With each person’s story revisited, the Inspector begins to suspect that some deadly secrets are threatening to unfurl . . . --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Ann Cleeves worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other northern writers to promote crime fiction. In 2006 Ann was awarded the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Best Crime Novel, for Raven Black. Her Vera Stanhope series is currently being turned into a major ITV production for release in 2010. Ann lives in North Tyneside. Visit the author’s website at: www.anncleeves.com --This text refers to the Paperback edition.