Jon Morrison
1) Vera: Set 9
Series
Vera volume season 9
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The central character is Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile, and courage. Her trusted an dlong suffering colleague is Sergeant Joe Ashworth. Together they approach every new case with unparalleled gusto and professionalism.
2) Vera: Set 6
Series
Vera volume season 6
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Includes four all-new, feature-length mysteries. From the death of a woman found on the Northumberland cliffs to the body of a fisherman pulled out of the sea, these cases prove to be some of the most difficult and emotional in Vera's career.
3) Vera: Set 10
Series
Vera volume season 10
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The indomitable Vera and her trusted team unravel more complex cases, exploring stories of corporate corruption, organized crime and deeply buried personal guilt" --Container.
Author
Series
Vera volume 1
Language
English
Description
A fire at a vacation park on the Northumberland coast destroys three cabins and leaves behind the charred remains of the park owner's sister. The night before, she had been partying with a group of younger people, including her niece's fiancé. When Stanhope learns the victim had been locked in her cabin, she realizes that the blaze was no accident.
Author
Series
Vera volume 3
Language
English
Description
When an extreme sports fanatic plunges to his death from a cliff in an apparent fight, Stanhope and Ashworth begin to search for potential enemies.
Author
Series
Vera volume 1
Language
English
Description
Three girlfriends spend the weekend partying at an isolated country retreat, and one ends up dead with a shotgun blast to the chest and a local hunter the prime suspect.
Author
Series
Vera volume 3
Language
English
Description
Stanhope and Healy investigate the murder of a member of the Irish traveler community, found floating in a farm's slurry tank. The farmer reports that two of his laborers, both illegals from Serbia, have vanished, though he is less forthcoming about his family's long-running dispute with the travelers. Could the disappearance of the Serbians and the death of the Irishman be connected?
Author
Series
Vera volume 2
Language
English
Description
The discovery of human remains partially buried in the woods leads Stanhope and Healy back to the disappearance of a local schoolgirl during a coalminers' strike 30 years earlier. At the time, everyone believed she had run off to London after problems at home, and the police had paid little attention to the case. Then evidence turns up indicating the girl was at the scene of the strike. Could the protests be connected to her death?
Author
Series
Vera volume 2
Language
English
Description
A respected surgeon is murdered and his two teenage daughters abducted, leaving a wife and mother distraught and Stanhope at a loss for a motive.
Author
Series
Vera volume 4
Language
English
Description
A well-loved family man plunges to his death from the top of a multistory parking lot-but did he jump, or was he pushed? Stanhope discovers the victim had been drinking, fighting, and lying to his wife and children. He had also made enemies among his coworkers at the docks, who blamed him for a recent fatality. The detectives try to untangle the web of secrets the dead man was hiding.
Author
Series
Vera volume 4
Language
English
Description
The fatal stabbing of a former police officer outside a Newcastle nightclub sets Stanhope on a quest to recreate the victim's last movements.