Vera Stanhope book 2 · 2005
Telling Tales
Ten years after Jeanie Long was convicted of murdering a teenage girl in the coastal village of Elvet, new evidence shows she was innocent. Jeanie hanged herself in prison, and Vera Stanhope reopens the case.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ann Cleeves
- Series
- Vera Stanhope, book 2 of 11
- Published
- 2005
- Setting
- Set in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Telling Tales on screen
- Vera (2011–2025, series, ITV). Brenda Blethyn plays the shabby, brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope across fourteen series of cases in Northumberland and Tyneside, mixing adaptations of the novels with original stories.
Who is in Telling Tales
2 recurring or key characters from Ann Cleeves’s chart.
Lead 1
- Vera StanhopeDetective Inspector in Northumberland
Major 1
- Joe AshworthVera’s detective sergeant
Also featuring these characters
Other Ann Cleeves books that share the most characters with Telling Tales.
- Silent Voices2011 · Vera Stanhope · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Glass Room2012 · Vera Stanhope · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Harbour Street2014 · Vera Stanhope · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Moth Catcher2015 · Vera Stanhope · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon