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The Dying Light

The new page-turning Matthew Venn mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Vera and Shetland series

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The Dying Light

By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Jack Holden
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About this listen

The deadliest truths are those in the shadows . . .

Detective Matthew Venn is called in to investigate a puzzling death. The body of a young woman has been found in the swimming pool of Tide House, a luxurious holiday home in North Devon, and her best friend is missing. The property belongs to rising political star Paul Armstrong and the case quickly draws intense media scrutiny.

As a scorching heat wave rages and further tragedy strikes, Venn and his team begin questioning a community brimming with secrets. The dead woman and her friend had been spotted at a nearby music festival the day before, an event which brought locals and outsiders together - some of whom may have been more connected with the Armstrongs than first thought.

Caught between a powerful family’s secrets and a powder keg of local tensions, Venn must navigate a treacherous path. Knowing that the real answers lie not in what people say, but in the silence that they keep . . .

Praise for Ann Cleeves:
'Everything Ann Cleeves writes is incredible' Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club

'Ann Cleeves is a stone-cold genius' Marian Keyes, author of My Favourite Mistake
'The Queen of the detective novel, thrilling millions of readers' Daily Express

Crime Fiction

Critic Reviews

Everything Ann Cleeves writes is incredible (Richard Osman)
Ann Cleeves is a stone-cold genius (Marian Keyes)
Ann Cleeves’s elegance as a wordsmith, the ingenuity of her plots, and the depth of her characters can be matched by few writers (David Baldacci)
The Queen of the detective novel, thrilling millions of readers
One of the best natural writers of detective fiction
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