{"product_id":"the-rising-tide-a-vera-stanhope-novel-9798885781985","title":"The Rising Tide: A Vera Stanhope Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Ann Cleeves\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling and award-winning author of the \u003ci\u003eVera\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShetland\u003c\/i\u003e series, both of which are hit TV shows\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003ecomes the stunning tenth Vera Stanhope novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Rising Tide\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful novel about guilt, betrayal, and the longheld secrets people keep.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers.--Louise Penny\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebrating the school trip where they met, and the friend that they lost to the rising causeway tide five years later. Now, when one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then, and now . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut with the tide rising, secrets long-hidden are finding their way to the surface, and Vera and the team may find themselves in more danger than they could have believed possible . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind two hit television series--\u003ci\u003eShetland\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Douglas Henshall, and \u003ci\u003eVera\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn--both of which are watched and loved in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShetland \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVera \u003c\/i\u003eare available on BritBox in the United States. An adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Long Call\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in her Two Rivers series, will premiere on BritBox in 2022. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first Shetland novel, \u003ci\u003eRaven Black\u003c\/i\u003e, won the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She lives in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thorndike Press Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50486595944722,"sku":"9798885781985","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d7ce79ca-8bdd-481e-bc90-7d234ce8e3e2.jpg?v=1744211429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rising-tide-a-vera-stanhope-novel-9798885781985","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}