Vera

A young man and a student teacher, with nothing in common, are murdered and left with their bodies meticulously posed. As the killer zeros in on a third victim, DCI Stanhope finds motives mounting.

Eleven years ago, Jeanie Long was found guilty of murder. On the strength of new evidence, DCI Stanhope must put together the pieces of a decade-old-murder -- and stop a ruthless killer before he or she strikes again.

As groundbreaking, a local woman who had opposed the construction is found murdered. When two other women with connections to the project find their own lives in danger, Vera questions what makes this quarry worth killing for.

Generally indifferent towards children, DCI Stanhope finds herself acting as caretaker for a boy whose mother was murdered. Vera finds a kindred spirit in the boy -- and the key to her case lying deep in his memory.