Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves brings us Silent Voices, the latest instalment of DI Vera Stanhope’s investigations – the death of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym. Along with Sergeant Joe Ashworth, Vera must discern a motive and investigate the shocking case of a young child with whom the victim is entangled through her job in Social Services. Cleeves’ narrative is pacy and energetic and DI Vera Stanhope is the only character to be relied upon in a novel where nothing is as it seems. Come to hear the crime writer discuss Silent Voices as well as the new ITV adaptation of her work, Vera.