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Violence
Some
Two murders in a rural setting; the investigation involves a close-knit community
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific vulnerability of people who live in isolated communities; the detective's advantage in understanding rural silence
What this book is about
A man's body is found inside a moth trap in a Northumberland valley — a striking image that opens Ann Cleeves's seventh Vera Stanhope novel. Then another body is found. The valley is home to a small community and a house watched over by a retired couple; the victims don't seem to connect until Vera begins pulling at the threads of the community's relationships. The natural world — the nocturnal patterns of moths, the specifics of light trapping — gives the novel an unusual texture, and Vera's ability to understand rural communities from the inside is given full scope.
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seventh of the Vera Stanhope series
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