Kenny Doughty
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the award-winning novels by Ann Cleeves. A cantankerous but brilliant detective solves unthinkable crimes in northeast England. Blethyn imbues DCI Vera Stanhope in this hit detective drama. Set Five includes four all new feature-length mysteries.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As disheveled and indomitable as ever, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her tightly knit team of Northumberland police through four more daunting cases. No one seems to know anything about the police officer whose body turns up in a slaughterhouse incinerator, the woman killed in a car crash meant to look like an accident, the suburban neighbor found dead in her back garden, and the teenager whose body floats to the surface of a reservoir. How will Vera break...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Set in a British register office, where people come to record life's big events: births, marriages, and deaths. Senior Registrar Kate Dickenson juggles a hectic personal life with grumpy teenagers and longtime partner Rob, while dealing with the emotional toll the job has on her. After a big promotion, jealous colleague Judy threatens to reveal an indiscretion Kate had with her handsome coworker Rick that could throw Kate's job, and family life, into...
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.
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.