
THE DAY THEY FOUND THE BODY on the shore, Matthew Venn was already haunted by thoughts of death and dying.

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. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.

Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too. 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. A stunning debut for Cleeves’ latest crimefighter."-David Baldacci “In Matthew Venn, Ann has created a complex, daring, subtle character.” -Louise Penny The Long Call from Ann Cleeves-bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows-introduces the first in a gripping new series, told with deep compassion and searing insight. NOW A BRITBOX SERIOUS STARRING BEN ALDRIDGE AND PEARL MACKIE
