Murder and a conundrum!

The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope #11) by Ann Cleeves   

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There’s a mountain of circumstances on Vera’s plate and it’s not adding up.

A body has turned up linked to a children’s home that’s part of a paying conglomerate across the country. A home for troubled teenagers very much at a cost to taxpayers. A young girl, an inmate is  missing. She’s not “troubled” but when her mother was committed to a psychiatric ward there was no where else to go. 

It seems the home/school has quite draconian rules. Vera’s not impressed.

Then a second body appears.

It’s the time of the Gillstead Witch Hunt. A event that traditionally takes place near to the standing stone formation called the Dark Wives, the three crones. Dark happenings are looming.

Vera finds herself swept up in a case close to home.

Two dead bodies, a missing girl, and a new team member are just the beginning.

A St Martin’s Press ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.