# The Dying Light, Vol. 1

By **Ann Cleeves**

- ISBN-13: 9781529077810
- Series: [The Dying Light](https://mybookbandits.com/series/the-dying-light)
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Pages: 384
- Published: 8 Oct 2026
- Language: eng
- Price: £13.20 (new)
- Categories: Crime, Fiction, Mystery & Detective

## About this book

A young woman lies dead in the swimming pool of Tide House, a luxurious holiday home on the North Devon coast, and her best friend has vanished. The house belongs to Paul Armstrong, a rising political star, so Detective Matthew Venn works under the glare of the press as a heatwave bakes the county. The two women were seen at a local music festival the day before, where villagers and visitors mixed, and some of them may know the Armstrongs better than they admit.

Ann Cleeves sets a powerful family's secrets against simmering local resentments, and Venn, careful and watchful as ever, has to listen hardest to what people leave unsaid. This is a patient, atmospheric mystery for anyone who likes their crime rooted in a real place and driven by character, with the heat pressing in on every page.

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