The Long Call by Ann Cleeves

 I am never disappointed by an Ann Cleeves book. She always provides an interesting main character and plot. Her writing flows, with the location and context for the plot, developed so smoothly that the narrative never stalls or slows. This is the first book about Detective Matthew Venn who lives with his life partner, Jonathan in a small village in Northern England. Detective Venn needs to solve a murder but before he and his team get very far in the process, a young mentally challenged woman disappears. Now, there is, unfortunately, a connection to Matthew's partner because the young woman attended the care center where Jonathan works. Will Detective Venn have to bow out of the investigation? Furthermore secrets and lies connected to an Evangelical community add depth and poignancy to the narrative. Recommended.