About the book: 2021 / Detective series for fans of Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes. The author is already known in Russia. The series about Vera Stanhole, popular abroad, formed the basis of the series " Vera."Anne Cleeves has received many awards and has become a best-selling author. A classic detective story in the spirit of Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. The life of Inspector Vera Stanhope cannot be calm even outside of work. In the sauna of the local gym, where she comes to relax, work overtakes her again: nearby lies the corpse of a woman with bruises on her neck. I wonder if Vera has ever seen people who died peacefully? The new investigation makes Vera’s blood boil. Death had never made her feel so alive. But the past of the murdered victim reveals a shocking secret that affects the life of the inspector. Be careful, Vera Stanhope, you are looking for a person capable of terrible things to hide his crimes... Anne Cleeves is a recognized master of the British detective. She has taken the best from the novels of her great predecessors - Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and Gilbert Keith Chesterton - and embodied them in her own style, which makes her novels truly unique. With psychological depth, daring characters and the mysterious atmosphere of northern England, Anne Cleeves' novels deserve to be ranked among the masterpieces of detective fiction..