![]() ![]() Agent: Sarah Menguc, Sarah Menguc Literary Agent (U.K.). The Columbo-esque Vera, who hides a fierce intelligence and razor sharp instincts under garish clothing, uses every tool at her disposal to solve the crime. Cleeves thoroughly explores the passions and motivations of each, while exposing the human greed and sorrow beneath the bucolic landscape. Though it offers a fine mystery, the story nevertheless belongs to its women. When a suicide and a murder rock the project, Vera must sift through the murk to catch a ruthless killer. Three very different women-team leader Rachael Lambert, botanist Anne Preece, and mammal expert Grace Fulwell-are conducting an environmental impact assessment to estimate the damage that a new quarry would do to a national park’s pristine land and wildlife. ![]() The book and the television episode are very different. Having seen the adaptation of this novel on the television series, it took some time for me to get that memory pushed to the back of my mind. Fans of the Vera Stanhope novels already available in the U.S., as well as the TV series Vera, will welcome Cleeves’s intricate series opener (first published in 1998), which introduced the Northumberland detective inspector. The Crow Trap is the first novel in the DI Vera Stanhope series and the first of the books I've read. ![]()
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