02057cam a2200301 i 4500 306086672 TxAuBib 20170818120000.0 170512s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017018842 9781250124869 25.99 1250124867 25.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Cleeves, Ann, 1954- The seagull [BOOK] / Ann Cleeves. New York : Minotaur Books, 2017. 397 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Vera Stanhope mystery ; 8 A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective superintendent, and now inmate, John Brace. Brace was convicted of corruption and involvement in the death of a gamekeeper - and Vera played a key part in his downfall. Now, Brace promises Vera information about the disappearance of Robbie Marshall, a notorious wheeler-dealer who disappeared in the mid-nineties, if she will look out for his daughter and grandchildren. He tells her that Marshall is dead, and that his body is buried close to St Mary's Island in Whitley Bay. However, when a search team investigates, officers find not one skeleton, but two. This cold case takes Vera back in time, and very close to home, as Brace and Marshall, along with a mysterious stranger known only as 'the Prof', were close friends of Hector, her father. Together, they were the 'Gang of Four', regulars at a glamorous nightclub called The Seagull. Hector had been one of the last people to see Marshall alive. As the past begins to collide dangerously with the present, Vera confronts her prejudices and unwanted memories to dig out the truth . . . 20170908. Women detectives England Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Mystery fiction. Vera Stanhope mystery ; 8.