Livet virker perfekt i Valley Farm, et fredelig samfunn i Northumberland. Så gjøres en sjokkerende oppdagelse. Eierne av en stor herregård har ansatt en vert, en ung økolog ved navn Patrick, til å se etter eiendommen mens de er borte. Så blir han funnet død ved siden av veien. DI Vera Stanhope ankommer åstedet. På loftet i det store huset finner hun liket av en annen mann. Det eneste ofrene har hatt til felles er en interesse for å fange møll. De tre parene som bor i Valley Farms kommunale boliger har sine hemmeligheter. Annie og Sams datter skal snart løslates fra fengsel. Nigel følger med på alt fra vinduet sitt. Når Vera trekkes inn i dette stadig merkeligere samfunnet, innser hun at det kan være dødelige hemmeligheter fanget her. Dette er sjuende bok om Vera Stanhope.
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The Moth Catcher is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - now the major ITV detective drama Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn. 'This case was different from anything Vera had ever worked before. Two bodies, connected but not lying together. And nothing made her feel as alive as murder.' Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist named Patrick, to look after the place while they're away. But Patrick is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley - a beautiful, lonely place to die. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene, with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of the big house - where Patrick has a flat - she finds the body of a second man. All the two victims have in common is a fascination with moths - catching these beautiful, rare creatures. Those who live in the Valley Farm development have secrets too: Annie and Sam's daughter is due to be released from prison any day; Nigel watches, silently, every day, from his window.As Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes that there may be deadly secrets trapped here ...Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are The Crow Trap, Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices, The Glass Room and Harbour Street.
