TELLING TALES

Our favourite detective makes a reappearance in this second Vera Stanhope novel. They thought she was a murderer, but now she's a victim. Ten years ago, 15 year old Abigail Mantel was murdered, her cold body discovered lying in a ditch. Her father's girlfriend was found guilty of the crime but now evidence has emerged that proves her innocence and means that Abigail's killer still roams free. Abigail's best friend at the time of the murder has now returned to the East Yorkshire village of Elvet to raise her young family. Shocked by the new revelations, she begins to realise that she didn't know her friend as well as she had thought. Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope is tasked with uncovering the truth, and as her new enquiries stoke up past secrets the villagers will lie to protect, Vera must find out which lies will bring her to the killer. 397pp, paperback.