A standalone crime novel from the bestselling author of the Shetland, Vera, and Two Rivers series'. Now available in paperback. Detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Lake where the body of a teenager has been discovered. After trawling through the missing persons files, he comes to the conclusion that the corpse is Michael Grey, an enigmatic and secretive young man who was reported missing by his foster parents in 1972. The news report that a body has been found leaves prison officer Hannah Morton in shock. Michael was her boyfriend - she was with him the night he disappeared. And now the discovery is bringing back dreaded and long buried memories from her past. The Sleeping and the Dead is a compulsive thriller from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of the three astounding TV series: Shetland, Vera, and most recently The Long Call, available to watch on Britbox.