{"product_id":"copy-of","title":"The Seagull","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Seagull is Ann Cleeves' searing eighth novel in the Vera Stanhope series, about corruption deep in the heart of a community, and about fragile, and fracturing, family relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective superintendent, and now inmate, John Brace. Brace was convicted of corruption and involvement in the death of a gamekeeper - and Vera played a part in his downfall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrace promises Vera information about the disappearance of Robbie Marshall, a notorious wheeler-dealer, if she will look out for his daughter and grandchildren. He tells her that Marshall is dead, his body buried close to St Mary's Island in Whitley Bay. However, when a search team investigates, officers find not one skeleton, but two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis cold case takes Vera back in time, and very close to home, as Brace and Marshall, along with a mysterious stranger known only as `the Prof', were close friends of Hector, her father. Together, they were `the Gang of Four', and Hector had been one of the last people to see Marshall alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVera must confront her prejudices and unwanted memories to dig out the truth, as the past begins to collide dangerously with the present...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Cleeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42493435445417,"sku":"9781447278368","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/sea_7d4eccce-e7ef-496c-9b23-10814b4a530e.jpg?v=1660961216","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/copy-of","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}