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The Long Call

Ann Cleeves

2019374 pagesabout 6–9 hours
2019
first published
  • 2019Thorndike PressISBN 9781432870430
  • 2019Minotaur Books · 374 pages · ENGISBN 9781250204448
  • 2021Macmillan Audio · ENGISBN 9781250839022
  • 2019MacmillanISBN 9781509889570
  • 2019Macmillan · 384 pagesISBN 9781509889563
  • 2020Minotaur Books · 400 pagesISBN 9781250204455
  • 2019Macmillan AudioISBN 9781250242440
  • 2019MacmillanISBN 9781529035179

In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past, as deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed, and his new life is forced into a collision course with the world he thought he’d left behind.

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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ThemesFamily
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