Original Novel of the Hit Mystery Drama "Vera"! Ann Cleeves' Latest Work "Hidden Depths" Published by Sogen Suiri Bunko!

Ann Cleeves, winner of the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) Gold Dagger for "Raven Black," is a treasure of modern British mystery. The "Jimmy Perez" series, set in the Shetland Islands, has eight volumes currently available from Sogen Suiri Bunko. Another of Cleeves' masterpieces is the "Vera Stanhope" series, a police procedural set in Northumberland, Northeast England. The TV adaptation produced by ITV, starring the acclaimed Brenda Blethyn as Detective Vera, has become a long-running series with 14 seasons and 56 episodes, remaining highly popular in Japan. While fans have long awaited the translation of the original novels, the first volume, "Hidden Depths," has finally been published by Sogen Suiri Bunko. In Northumberland, a mother returns home on a summer night to find her son strangled in a bathtub filled with wildflowers. As the stubborn but brilliant Detective Vera Stanhope investigates, another body is discovered on the beach. This is the original work for the hit drama "Vera" and a masterpiece series that propelled Cleeves to fame.