A review by bookish_aly_cat
The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves

4.0

This was a good mystery thriller with great pacing and an engaging mystery. 

This is the 11th book in the Vera Stanhope series. I hadn’t read any of the previous books in the series and was able to jump right in. 

In this book Vera is called to Rosebank children’s home to investigate the murder of a university student and volunteer there. It also turns out that a 14 year old resident at the home has disappeared and could be in danger.

Read this if you like: 

→ Crime stories 

→ Engaging mysteries 

→ Police procedurals 

Now I definitely want to go back and read the other books in this series! 

Thank you @Minotaur_books for sending me a gifted copy of this book.