Set before The Rising Tide, Vera goes on a day trip to Holy Island, eager to escape the pressures of work. When there she is reminded of the day decades earlier when she, as a teenager, went with her father Hector on another day trip, and the mystery woman he met there . . .
Vera already knew then that Hector kept secrets, but this time the fledgling investigator was determined to find the truth, never realizing it would mean taking her first step onto a path to becoming a detective . . .
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On impulse, Vera took herself off to Holy Island.
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(Pan, 7 July 2022, e-book, 96 pages, bought from AmazonKindle)
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I'm a huge of the Vera books and series so knew I had to read The Woman on the Island. This is not a crime story so fans may be disappointed. Vera visits Holy Island on impulse which causes her to remember a childhood incident with her father and a mysterious woman with red hair. The story returns to the present when the identity of this woman is revealed. I enjoyed this a lot even though it's very different from the books.
