Ann Cleeves
Website: http://www.anncleeves.com/
Books by Ann Cleeves
The Heron's Cry
Dr Nigel Yeo wants to talk to DS Jen Rafferty at a convivial party. Hours later he is found dead, a shard of glass sticking from his neck. DI Matthew Venn and his West Country team investigate.
Reviewed on 23 October 2021 by Viv Beeby
The Darkest Evening
The body of a young woman is discovered in the grounds of the Stanhope estate. The combination of the remote and snow-covered landscape, a close-knit village community and ancient family secrets leads to a classic case of love, revenge and murder.
Reviewed on 31 October 2020 by Viv Beeby
The Long Call
A man is found stabbed to death on the bleak North Devon coast. Detective Inspector Matthew Venn leads the hunt for the killer.
Reviewed on 28 September 2019 by Linda Wilson
Wild Fire
In the final Shetland novel, Jimmy Perez is facing the most disturbing investigation of his career.
Reviewed on 15 September 2018 by Fiona Spence
The Seagull
DI Vera Stanhope has been persuaded to give a talk to inmates at Warkworth Prison. At the end she is approached by a prisoner in a wheelchair whom she recognises. He says he has information that she would be interested in hearing. Reluctantly she agrees to listen to what he has to say.
Reviewed on 25 November 2017 by Arnold Taylor
Cold Earth
Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez of the Shetland police is attending the funeral of an old friend when a sudden land slip smashes through a croft in its path.
Reviewed on 21 January 2017 by Arnold Taylor
The Moth Catcher
A retired farm labourer comes upon the body of a young man in a quiet Northumberland valley. When the police visit his flat to find out more about him they find the body of another man.
Reviewed on 10 October 2015 by Arnold Taylor
Thin Air
Three old university friends, Caroline, Eleanor and Polly, leave London for the Shetland Isles where they are to celebrate Caroline’s recent marriage to a Shetlander. Almost immediately after the party, one of them disappears and her body is found in a loch.
Reviewed on 20 June 2015 by Arnold Taylor
Harbour Street
An elderly, elegant, woman is found dead on a Metro train in the north east of England. It turns out that she lived in Mardle, the next stop on the line, and that, although reserved, she is well liked in her hometown.
Reviewed on 14 June 2014 by Arnold Taylor
Dead Water
A boat floating in a marina is found to contain the dead body of a young man, a former resident of Shetland. The police investigative team consists of a woman whose first major case this is and a man still traumatised by the death of his wife.
Reviewed on 11 January 2014 by Arnold Taylor
