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Ann Cleeves reflects on her 40-year career as she prepares to say goodbye to DCI Vera Stanhope

“I don’t plot in advance because it always has to be fun for me, and it wouldn’t be fun if I knew how it was going to end”
Ann Cleeves © Jem Hirst
Ann Cleeves © Jem Hirst
The crime superstar discusses telly tie-ins, the importance of libraries and how the North East informs her writing.

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