The Sleeping and the Dead

Resumen del libro

The Sleeping and The Dead is a tense psychological thriller from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of three astounding TV series: Shetland, Vera and The Long Call. Detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Lake where the body of a teenager has been discovered. After trawling through the missing persons files, he comes to the conclusion that the corpse is Michael Grey, an enigmatic and secretive young man who was reported missing by his foster parents in 1972.

The news report that a body has been found leaves prison officer Hannah Morton in shock. Michael had been her boyfriend, and she had been with him the night he disappeared. And now the discovery is bringing back dreaded and long buried memories from her past .

Biografía del autor

Ann Cleeves (Gran Bretaña, 1954) empezó a escribir cuando ella y su marido, de profesión guardabosques, se instalaron en una región en la que había poco más que hacer que observar a los pájaros. Su serie policíaca protagonizada por Vera Stanhope pronto se volvió muy popular y, además de adaptarse a la televisión, le ha valido muchos premios y se ha publicado en más de veinte países.