


Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home. Matthew is unnerved though to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.Then another body is found, killed in a similar way. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed with a shard of one of his glassblower daughter's broken vases.ĭr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Shetland and Vera series, returns to North Devon in The Heron's Cry, the second book in the Two Rivers series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, following The Long Call.
