Two Rivers

From Ann Cleeves—bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes the first in a gripping new series. “Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers.”—Louise PennyIn North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father’s funeral takes place. Once loved and cherished, the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too.Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back into the community he thought he had left behind, as deadly secrets hidden at its heart are revealed, and his past and present collide.An astonishing new novel told with compassion and searing insight, The Long Call will captivate fans of Vera and Shetland, as well as new readers.

Urban Rivers examines urban interventions on rivers through politics, economics, sanitation systems, technology, and societies; how rivers affected urbanization spatially, in infrastructure, territori

Rushing Rivers tells you everything you want to know about rivers. What are the most famous rivers? Which animals live in and around rivers? Discover the longest river and the largest, what the beginn

Rushing Rivers tells you everything you want to know about rivers. What are the most famous rivers? Which animals live in and around rivers? Discover the longest river and the largest, what the beginn

Discusses rivers and explores rivers around the world.

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Provides a description of rivers, and explains how they form, along with some information on the kinds of plants and animals that can be found in and around rivers. The Mississippi and Amazon Rivers a

Rivers in the Landscape will summarize the state of knowledge concerning physical processes and forms in rivers. The organization and content of the book emphasize that rivers exist as part of a great

Caution! You may want to paddle every river!

Simple text describes how rivers move freshwater from one place to another. Plants and animals in rivers and how people use rivers are discussed as well. Full-color photographs perfectly match the tex

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