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The Glass Room

Series: Vera Stanhope
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The Glass Room follows DI Vera Stanhope, a tough and solitary detective whose investigation hits close to home when a neighbour of hers goes missing. Her search leads her to the Writer's House, a retreat for aspiring authors, where a body is found and her neighbour is implicated. Despite being urged to hand over the case due to personal connections, Vera breaks the rules to uncover a killer turning fiction into reality.
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The Glass Room is the fifth book in the Vera Stanhope series, from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera, Shetland and the Two Rivers series.

The Glass Room is the fifth book in the Vera Stanhope series, from Ann Cleeves, the international #1 bestselling author and creator of Vera, Shetland and the Two Rivers series.

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The Glass Room is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series – which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.

Sometimes crime strikes too close to home . . .

DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her neighbours keep her well-supplied in homebrew and conversation. But when one of them goes missing, her path leads her to more than a missing friend . . .

Vera tracks the young woman down to the Writer's House, a country retreat for aspiring authors. Things get complicated when a body is discovered and Vera's neighbour is found with a knife in her hand. Calling in the team, Vera knows that she should hand the case over. She's too close to the main suspect. But the investigation is too tempting and she's never been one to follow the rules. Vera must find a killer who has taken murder off the page and is making it real . . .

Enjoy more of Vera Stanhope's investigations with The Crow Trap, Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices, Harbour Street, The Moth Catcher, The Seagull and The Darkest Evening.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529050141

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 January 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 264g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez, who can now be found on television in ITV's Vera and BBC One's Shetland. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide. Ann 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 British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann is also a passionate champion for libraries and was a National Libraries Day Ambassador in 2016. Ann lives in North Tyneside near where the Vera books are set.

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