Hidden Depths
A Vera Stanhope Mystery
Vera Stanhope: Book #3
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
Description
Published for the first time in the U.S., Hidden Depths is an early audiobook in Diamond Dagger award-winning crime author Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope series, brought to life in the hit TV series Vera.
On a hot summer on the Northumberland coast, Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son murdered. Luke has been strangled, laid out in a bath of water and covered with wild flowers.
This stylized murder scene has Inspector Vera Stanhope and her team intrigued. But now, Vera must work quickly to find this killer who is making art out of death. As local residents are forced to share their private lives, sinister secrets are slowly unearthed.
And all the while the killer remains in their midst, waiting for an opportunity to prepare another beautiful, watery grave…
“I do love Vera!” —Val McDermid
“Cleeves offers up evocative settings and flawed characters with depth, making her mysteries wonderfully addictive. Her latest is no exception.” —Library Journal (Starred Review) on Harbour Street
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Vera Stanhope Series

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By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Anne Dover
Length: 14 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: Julia Franklin
Length: 11 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
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Hidden Depths
By: Ann Cleeves
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Published for the first time in the U.S., Hidden Depths is an early audiobook in Diamond Dagger award-winning crime author Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope series, brought to life in the hit TV series Vera.
On a hot summer on the Northumberland coast, Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son murdered. Luke has been strangled, laid... Read more »
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Silent Voices
By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Charlie Hardwick
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Glass Room
By: Ann Cleeves
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
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Harbour Street
By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Janine Birkett
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: Janine Birkett
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: Janine Birkett
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
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Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
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