8.090 minSeason 14 • Episode 2
LatestA student violently killed and dumped at the foot of three mythical monoliths and a missing girl sets Vera on an investigation that triggers memories from her own childhood.
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
Acting
Brenda Blethyn's magnificent eye-roll game.
Cinematography
Northumberland looking devastatingly gorgeous.
Writing
Vera's insults are actual poetry.
Creator
Ann Cleeves
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brenda Blethyn based Vera's limp on an old back injury—she's never specified which leg in 14 seasons.
Ann Cleeves' novels made Northumberland tourism boom; fans now do 'Vera location tours' in her battered Land Rover spots.
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