Many agreed that Vera is a very unlikable character, a real “witch,” with others pointing out that she had to really fight hard to find her place among a male dominated society–especially difficult in rural police force. As Vera seeks answers, she finds so many threads that link Bella’s suicide and Grace’s murder that it becomes hard to tell whether the murder is rooted in the quarry project or past secrets. Assigned to the case is Inspector Vera Stanhope, who often visited the cottage years ago with her father, a friend of the rather famous lady who owned it. The owners of nearby Slateburn Quarries, Godfrey and Barbara Waugh, are less enthusiastic, but the survey continues until Grace is found strangled near Baikie’s. The owners of the land the quarry is on, Robert and Livvy Fulwell, are eager to see the project approved. Despite this gruesome discovery, the survey mostly goes as planned, although Grace, an uncommunicative young woman, observes an amazing number of otters in the stream running through the area. Arriving at Baikie’s Cottage, which is to be the group’s home base, Rachael finds her friend Bella, who lives nearby, hanged in the shed along with a suicide note. Three very different women-team leader Rachael Lambert, botanist Anne Preece, and zoologist Grace Fulwell-are hired to check the area of a planned quarry for environmental problems.
The Crow Trap, by Ann Cleeves (first in the Vera series)Ī British environmental survey suddenly turns dangerous when several deaths occur.
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