


It’s not the first I’ve bought, or necessarily the first piece of writing I’ve read by the author, as I’ve read short stories, but it is the first full length novel. I seem to be having a year of firsts this year, continuing a theme with reading my first ever Ann Cleeves book. Available from: Amazon | Kobo | Waterstones | Google Play | Apple Books My Thoughts Now he’s back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region a complex place not quite as idyllic as tourists suppose.Ī body has been found on the beach near to Matthew’s new home: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.įinding the killer is Venn’s only focus, and his team’s investigation will take him straight back into the community he left behind, and the deadly secrets that lurk there. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up, he lost his family too. In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father’s funeral takes place. The Long Call is the captivating first novel in the Two Rivers series from Sunday Times bestseller and creator of Vera and Shetland, Ann Cleeves.
