The Moth Catcher is the seventh book in Ann Cleevess Vera Stanhope serieswhich is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.As though to a flame, they were drawn to their deaths . . .Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist named Patrick, to look after the place while theyre away. But Patrick is found dead by the side of the lane into the valleya beautiful, lonely place to die.DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene and when searching the attic of the big housewhere Patrick had a flatshe finds the body of a second man. The only thing connecting the two victims is a fascination with studying mothsand catching these beautiful, rare creatures.Those who live in the close-knit Valley Farm development have secrets too, and as Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly stra