New Releases by Ann Cleeves

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series following remarkable mysteries in a birdwatching community—now in print for the first time in the US. Landlord and politician Marcus Grenville wants to convert Ursula Ottway’s beautiful cottage into a holiday residence. So when Ursula discovers that the illegal use of poisoned bait on Grenville’s land has killed not only a rare bird of prey but her two beloved cats, she storms to his house and threatens revenge. The next morning, Molly Palmer-Jones arrives at her Aunt Ursula’s house only to find her body slumped lifeless on the sofa. Shocked and saddened, Molly and her husband George decide to piece together a picture of Ursula’s last days. And it soon becomes clear that, for many people on the estate, hers was a very convenient death. The Palmer-Joneses embark on a murder investigation but even their professional expertise doesn’t prepare them for what is to follow. A lifetime’s worth of secrets must surface before a killer can finally be brought to justice . . .

A LOCAL MYTH. A DEADLY THREAT.Vera Stanhope, star of ITV''s Vera, returns in the eleventh novel in Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller Ann Cleeves'' acclaimed series.A body is found by an early morning dog walker on the common outside Rosebank, a care home for troubled teens. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who never showed up to work.DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate. Her only clue is the disappearance of fourteen-year-old resident Chloe. Vera can''t bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can''t dismiss the possibility.Vera, Joe and new team member Rosie are soon embroiled in the case, but when a second body is found near the Three Dark Wives standing stones in the wilds of the Northumbrian countryside, folklore and fact begin to collide.Vera knows she has to find Chloe to get to the truth, but it seems that the dark secrets in their community may be far more dangerous than she could ever have believed. . .

Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of the Vera and Shetland series, returns with the third Two Rivers novel, following The Long Call, now a Britbox adaptation, and The Heron''s Cry. When Jem Rosco - sailor, adventurer and local legend - blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. As abruptly as he arrived, Rosco disappears again. The locals think nothing of it; that''s the sort of man he is. Until the lifeboat is launched to a hoax call-out and Rosco''s body is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own. This is an uncomfortable case for DI Matthew Venn. Greystone is a place he came as a child, and this is a community he parted ways with years ago. Superstition and rumor mix as another body is found in Scully Cove, and Matthew finds his judgement clouded. As the stormy winds howl, and Venn and his team investigate, he realizes that their own lives might be in danger. "A surprising denouement moves this character-based mystery to the top tier." Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW "Bestseller Cleeves''s outstanding third Matthew Venn novel sees the detective returning to a small village on the northern English coast to solve a pair of murders...Cleeves crafts a devilishly intricate mystery that will surprise even seasoned genre fans, and Venn remains an appealing lead every bit as memorable as the author''s Vera Stanhope or Jimmy Perez. Cleeves''s fans and newcomers alike will be hungry for the next entry." Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW "The third (after The Heron''s Cry) in Cleeves''s award-winning series is an atmospheric police procedural that builds on the other books while introducing fascinating suspects." School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

A classic psychological thriller, available for the first time in Canada, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Shetland, Vera Stanhope, and Two Rivers series, Ann Cleeves.Abandoned as a baby, twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew spent her childhood moving between foster homes and has had more than her fair share of troubles.Now a holiday in Morocco seems to be the perfect escape. Especially when she meets Philip, a fellow tourist. After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England, only to find a solicitor''s letter waiting for her.Philip Samson has died and in his will, has left Lizzie a gift of £15,000. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life.Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning, edge of your seat thriller from superstar crime writer Ann Cleeves, author and creator of three astounding TV series: Shetland, Vera, and The Long Call.

From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes the stunning tenth Vera Stanhope novel, The Rising Tide, a powerful novel about guilt, betrayal, and the longheld secrets people keep. A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller — Soon to be an episode of the hit TV show Vera "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."—Louise Penny For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebrating the school trip where they met, and the friend that they lost to the rising causeway tide five years later. Now, when one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then, and now . . . But with the tide rising, secrets long-hidden are finding their way to the surface, and Vera and the team may find themselves in more danger than they could have believed possible . . .

New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves returns with a delicious short story featuring DCI Vera Stanhope as a young woman, and also including an excerpt from the next Vera Stanhope novel, The Rising Tide. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."-Louise Penny A rare day off from policing leads DCI Vera Stanhope across the tidal causeway to Holy Island, the lure of crab sandwiches there too hard to resist. While on the island, she is reminded of the day decades before when, as a teenager, she went with her father Hector on another day trip. The day she watched him meet with a mystery woman on the beach... Vera already knew then that Hector kept secrets, but this time the fledging investigator was determined to find the truth of why he was meeting the woman on the island, never realizing it would mean taking her first step onto a path to becoming a detective... In this wonderful short story, Ann Cleeves shows us the origins of Vera as a detective, and showcases the setting for her next novel, The Rising Tide.

Poliskommissarie Matthew Venn kallas till en spektakulär mordplats i en konstnärsateljé. Den före detta läkaren Nigel Yeo har huggits till döds med en sylvass glasskärva. Yeo framstår som ett osannolikt mordoffer. Trots det har någon velat honom ont, någon som inte drar sig för ytterligare dåd. Utredningen för Matthew in i en härva av lögner som gör balansgången mellan professionellt och privat allt svårare.

Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—returns with The Heron''s Cry, the mesmerizing second book in the Matthew Venn series. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “In Matthew Venn, Ann has created a complex, daring, subtle character.” —Louise Penny "A complex mystery full of surprises . . . this character-driven exploration of people''s darkest flaws is a sterling example of Cleeves'' formidable talents." —Kirkus Reviews North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder--Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed with a shard of one of his glassblower daughter''s broken vases. Dr. Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He''s a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. Then another body is found--killed in a similar way. Matthew soon finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home. DI Matthew Venn returns in The Heron''s Cry, in Ann Cleeves powerful next novel, proving once again that she is a master of her craft.

A Shetland című, skót BAFTA-díjas tévésorozat alapjául szolgáló thriller. CWA Aranytőr-díj (2006) A magányos, kiközösített Magnus Tait vendégeket vár szilveszter estéjén, de azok csak nem jönnek. Másnap reggel meggyilkolt tizenéves lány holttestét találják meg a közelben, és a gyanú Magnusra terelődik. Jimmy Perez felügyelő nyomozni kezd, és a szálak a Shetland-szigetek múltjába vezetnek, olyan ügyek közé, amelyeket jobb nem feszegetni. „A fotelhez szögez. Csodálatosan megírt történet.” - Val McDermid „Ott munkál benne mindaz a feszültség, ami azokra a helyekre jellemző, ahol mindenki ismer mindenkit, és semmi nem merül feledésbe.” - Times Literary Supplement „Hideglelős. Vérfagyasztó.” - Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review „Az év egyik legjobb krimije. Ne hagyják ki.” - Rocky Mountain News „Kifinomult, baljós pszichológiai thriller. Cleeves nemzedékének egyik legjobbja.” - Globe and Mail „Ann jellemábrázolás tekintetében a műfaj egyik legjobbja. Ritkán fordul elő, hogy a helyszín ilyen szépen kirajzolódik egy thrillerből.” - Daily Express „Életszerű, jellegzetes szereplők, szokatlan végkimenetel. Tökéletes regény.” - Tribune „Cleeves igazán kifinomult alkotó - ez egy mesterien megformált, átgondolt regény.” - Sunday Telegraph „Cleeves hihetetlenül jó - mind atmoszféra, mind cselekmény és karakterek tekintetében.” - Times A skót vidékeken játszódó Shetland sorozat eddig 5. évadig jutott el és vált a történetei és karakterei által a nézők és az olvasók kedvencévé. ANN CLEEVES New York Times bestsellerszerző, akinek könyvei világszerte több millió példányban keltek el. 2017-ben a CWA, a brit Detektívregényírók Szövetsége Gyémánttőr díjjal tüntette ki. Cleeves regényei alapján készültek a nagysikerű Shetland és Vera tévésorozatok.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes the stunning new Vera Stanhope novel, The Darkest Evening. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."—Louise Penny "As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves’ latest. . . . A stunning debut for Cleeves’ latest crimefighter."—David Baldacci on The Long Call On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat. Vera takes the child and, driving on, she arrives at a place she knows well. Brockburn is a large, grand house in the wilds of Northumberland, now a little shabby and run down. It’s also where her father, Hector, grew up. Inside, there’s a party in full swing: music, Christmas lights and laughter. Outside, unbeknownst to the revelers, a woman lies dead in the snow. As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland countryside, Brockburn begins to give up its secrets, and as Vera digs deeper into her investigation, she also begins to uncover her family’s complicated past.

Deux cadavres retrouvés dans le paisible comté du Northemburland.. Tous deux entourés de pétales de fleurs. Une énigme à résoudre pour l''inspectrice Vera Stanhope, héroïne de la série à succès diffusée sur France 3. Un corps couvert de fleurs : Vera débusquera-t-elle l''assassin ? Il fait chaud, ce jour-là, sur les côtes du Northumberland. Revenue d''une virée en ville, Julie Armstrong n''aurait jamais cru faire une aussi macabre découverte : son fils étranglé dans sa baignoire, le corps couvert de fleurs sauvages...Ce meurtre d''"esthète" laisse l''inspectrice Vera Stanhope et son équipe sous le choc. Lorsqu''un second corps est découvert dans un décor similaire, Vera sait vite ce qu''elle doit faire pour débusquer le criminel.Rares sont les indices susceptibles d''aiguiller Vera, mais la voilà intriguée par le groupe d''amis qui a découvert le second corps. Qu''est-ce qui relie ces quatre hommes et cette femme ? Pendant ce temps, le tueur reste dans l''ombre, attendant l''occasion de reproduire son œuvre d''art morbide...Solitaire et grande gueule, plus portée sur le single malt que sur l''Earl Grey, le personnage d''inspectrice créé par Ann Cleeves a rejoint Poirot et Mrs Marple au panthéon des détectives de caractère !

Helena och Daniel Fleming flyttar med sina barn till den avlägset belägna orten Deltaness på Shetlandsöarna för att få en nystart. Sonen Christopher har autism och föräldrarna hoppas att en mindre skola ska ge honom bättre stöd än han fått på sin förra skola i London. Men familjen märker snart att alla i det lilla samhället inte är lika glada över deras ankomst. Någon skickar Helena små teckningar av en streckgubbe i en snara. Det visar sig att den tidigare ägaren av familjen Flemings nya hus begick självmord genom att hänga sig i ladan på gården. När Emma Shearer, barnflicka hos traktens läkare, hittas hängd i samma lada rubriceras dödsfallet som mord, inte självmord. Inom kort sprids skvallret om hennes förhållande med Daniel som en löpeld, och fallet hamnar på Jimmy Perez bord. Kommer Perez att lyckas hitta Emma Shearers mördare innan familjen Fleming har krossats för alltid? Vild eld är den totalt sett åttonde boken i Ann Cleeves Shetlandserie och del fyra i den nya kvartetten. Cleeves böcker ligger till grund för teveserien Shetland, som sänts på SVT.

A woman''s death sees rumours flood the island community - as Inspector Jimmy Perez''s life is about to change forever. Wild Fire is the eighth Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves. Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall. A new English family have moved to Shetland, eager to give their autistic son a better life. But when a young nanny''s body is found hanging in the barn of their home, rumours of her affair with the husband begin to spread like wild fire. With suspicion raining down on the family, DI Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate. For him it will mean returning to the islands of his on-off lover and boss Willow Reeves, who will run the case. Perez is already facing the most disturbing investigation of his career when Willow drops a bomb-shell that will change his life forever. Is he ready for what is to come? ''Excellent'' - The Guardian ''Even by her standards this is an outstanding thriller'' - Sunday Express

From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes Hidden Depths. “Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers.”—Louise Penny On a hot summer on the Northumberland coast, Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son murdered. Luke has been strangled, laid out in a bath of water and covered with wild flowers. This stylized murder scene has Inspector Vera Stanhope and her team intrigued. But now, Vera must work quickly to find this killer who is making art out of death. As local residents are forced to share their private lives, sinister secrets are slowly unearthed. And all the while the killer remains in their midst, waiting for an opportunity to prepare another beautiful, watery grave...

CWA Diamond Dagger winner Ann Cleeves’s Shetland Island series has long been beloved both by fans who have been intrigued by Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez from the very first page, and converts drawn in by the brilliant BBC series Shetland. Set in the most northerly community in the UK, the islands have a stark beauty that provides the backdrop for Jimmy’s quietly intense cases. Here together for the first time in a fantastic low-priced eBook bundle are the first four Shetland Island mysteries: Raven Black: Winner of the coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Raven Black begins on New Year’s Eve with lonely outcast Magnus Tait. When the body of a murdered girl is discovered, suspicion falls on Magnus, and Inspector Jimmy Perez enters an investigative maze that leads deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go. White Nights: The launch of an exhibition at The Herring House art gallery is disturbed by a stranger who bursts into tears then claims not to remember who he is or where he comes from. The next day he’s found dead, and Jimmy must follow the winding trail the stranger has left behind to its conclusion. Red Bones: When a young archaeologist discovers a set of human remains, the locals are intrigued. Is it an ancient find—or a more contemporary mystery? Then an elderly woman is fatally shot, and Jimmy Perez is called in. In Red Bones, a claustrophobic mist swirls around the Shetland Islands, and Inspector Perez finds himself totally in the dark. Blue Lightning: Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez brings his fiancée home to Fair Isle, a birder’s paradise, but when a woman’s body is discovered at the island’s bird observatory, the investigation is hampered by a raging storm that renders the island totally isolated. Jimmy has to find clues the old-fashioned way, and he has to do it quickly. There’s a killer on the island just waiting for the chance to strike again.

An early book in award-winning crime novelist Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope series, brought to life by Brenda Blethyn in the hit TV series Vera.

Named one of The Guardian''s Best Crime Books and Thrillers of 2016.

From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes The Crow Trap, the first in the Vera Stanhope series. “Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers.”—Louise Penny Three very different women come together to complete an environmental survey on the Northumberland countryside. Three women who, in some way or another, know the meaning of betrayal....For team leader Rachael Lambert the project is the perfect opportunity to rebuild her confidence after a double-betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Botanist Anne Preece, on the other hand, sees it as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace Fulwell, a strange, uncommunicative young woman with plenty of her own secrets to hide... When Rachael arrives at the cottage, however, she is horrified to discover the body of her friend Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide--a verdict Rachael finds impossible to accept. Only when the next death occurs does a fourth woman enter the picture--the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope, who must piece together the truth from these women''s tangled lives in The Crow Trap.

Ann Cleeves makes a much-anticipated return with another investigation for her brilliant detective DCI Vera Stanhope, brought to life in the hit TV series Vera by Brenda Blethyn.

In this gloriously illustrated companion to her crime novels featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, Ann Cleeves takes readers through a year on Shetland. Discover its past, meet its people, celebrate its festivals and see how the flora and fauna of the islands change with the seasons. An archipelago of more than a hundred islands, Shetland is the one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom. Its fifteen hundred miles of shore mean that wherever one stands, there is a view of the sea. It has sheltered voes and beaches and dramatically exposed cliffs, lush meadows full of wild flowers in the summer and bleak hilltops where only the hardiest of plants will grow. It is a place where traditions are valued and celebrated, but new technologies and ways of working are also embraced. Whether it is the drama of the Viking fire festival of Up Helly Aa in winter, or the piercing blue and hot pink of spring flowers on the clifftops, the long, white nights of midsummer or the fierce gales and high tides of autumn, Shetland is vividly captured in all its bleak and special beauty. A book to treasure, full of photos and insightful notes about the stunning location of the Shetland series, now a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall.

Ann Cleeves is back with the sixth book in her Shetland series featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, whom readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, and Dead Water. A group of old university friends leave the bright lights of London and travel to Shetland to celebrate the marriage of one of their friends. But, one of them, Eleanor, disappears—apparently into thin air. It''s mid-summer, a time of light nights and unexpected mists. And then Eleanor''s body is discovered lying in a small loch close to the cliff edge. Detectives Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves are dispatched to investigate. Before she went missing, Eleanor claimed to have seen the ghost of a local child who drowned in the 1920s. Her interest in the ghost had seemed unhealthy—obsessive, even—to her friends: an indication of a troubled mind. But Jimmy and Willow are convinced that there is more to Eleanor''s death than they first thought. Is there a secret that lies behind the myth? One so shocking that someone would kill—many years later—to protect? Ann Cleeves'' striking new novel is a quintessential whodunit with surprises at every turn.

En journalist hittas död i en båt i marinan nedanför åklagarens hus på den största av Shetlandsöarna. Det blir den unga Willow Reeves från en ö i Yttre Hebriderna som får hand om fallet, eftersom kriminalaren Jimmy Perez är halvt sjukskriven efter sin fästmös död. Men Jimmy Perez kan förstås inte låta bli att engagera sig i fallet och hjälpa sin kollega. Markham, den döde journalisten, kom ursprungligen från Shetlandsöarna, men hade lämnat dem för många år sedan och gjort sig ett namn i London. Varför hade han nu återvänt? Willow Reeves och Jimmy Perez kommer i sitt sökande till Sullum Voe, centrum för Shetlands olje- och gasindustri i Nordsjön. Snart visar det sig att Markham under sina sista dagar arbetade med ett stort reportage, uppenbarligen ett som var tillräckligt avslöjande för att motivera hans död ... Dött vatten är den första boken i en ny kvartett berättelser från Shetlandsöarna, fortfarande med Jimmy Perez i huvudrollen. Med miljöerna, personporträtten och intrigerna i spänningsromanerna från Shetlandsöarna har Ann Cleeves nått både den stora publiken och kritikerna. För den första boken i kvartetten, Svart som natten, fick hon både det prestigefyllda engelska priset Gold Dagger Award och nominerades till det svenska Martin Beck Award.

News of the murder first came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning. He was in a meeting, one of the endless meetings the Chief Superintendent regularly called, and the summons from Sergeant Gordon Hunter came as a relief. They found middle-aged farmer Ernie Bowles lying on his kitchen floor. He had been strangled, and was not a pretty sight. The gruesome discovery of his body had first been made by the beautiful Lily Jackman, a new-age traveller who was living with her boyfriend in a caravan on Bowles''s land. Neither of them, however, had been close to the dead farmer, who had lived alone since the death of his mother and was, by all accounts, a rather unpleasant character. Inspector Ramsay fears that this case will not be simple. In his experience, most murders are straightforward: an explosion of family pressure, the loss of control in a fight. But Bowles seems to have kept himself to himself, and Ramsay feels that to solve the mystery of his death he will need all the help he can get. Then another person is strangled, a woman who, on the surface, had absolutely no connection with the dead farmer. Surely two such killings in the same locality are more than just chilling coincidence. When Ramsay hears of a third suspicious death, a very tenuous link between the victims takes on a new importance, for all were connected in some way to the Alternative Therapy Centre in Mittingford. Could one of the healers be a killer?

"When the body of a journalist is found, Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted from outside to head up the investigation. Inspector Jimmy Perez has been out of the loop, but his local knowledge is needed in this case, and he decides to help Willow. The dead journalist had left the islands years before to pursue his writing career. In his wake, he left a scandal involving a young girl. When Willow and Jimmy dig deeper, they realize that the journalist was chasing a story that many Shetlanders didn''t want to come to the surface."--

Als in einem Fischerboot die Leiche des Journalisten Jerry Markham entdeckt wird, ruft man Hilfe vom Festland: Anstelle von Jimmy Perez, der noch unter dem Tod seiner Verlobten leidet, soll die junge Willow Reeves auf den Shetlands ermitteln. Trotz seiner Apathie regt sich Widerstand in dem Detective. Die junge Kollegin ist ihm entschieden zu forsch. Das ungleiche Paar begibt sich auf Spurensuche: Markham, Sohn aus reichem Haus, war als Frauenheld bekannt. Er hatte die Inseln nach einem Skandal verlassen müssen. Warum also war er zurückgekehrt? Die Spur führt zu den Ölfeldern in der Bucht Sullum Voe, über die der Tote einen Artikel schreiben wollte ... Die Fortsetzung der preisgekrönten Shetland-Serie. «Absolut fesselnd und eine spannende Entdeckung!» (Freundin)

Midsommar på Shetlandsöarna, den tid på året när fåglarna sjunger vid midnatt och solen aldrig går ner. I en avlägsen dal, precis vid vattnet, ligger Herring Gallery. Här förbereder man en vernissage, och Jimmy Perez, poliskommissarie på ön, är en av gästerna. Det är förvånansvärt nog ganska glest med besökare, trots att många inbjudits. Så anländer en okänd, välklädd man, går fram till en målning och brister i häftig gråt. Perez tar honom åt sidan och det framgår att mannen inte vet vem han är och varifrån han kommer. Och så är han plötsligt försvunnen. Nästa dag hittas han mördad i en lada intill, med en clownmask för ansiktet...Ann Cleeves är sedan länge en välkänd författare i Storbritannien. I Sverige utkom hon för första gången 2006 med den hyllade Svart som natten, den första av fyra fristående kriminalromaner som alla utspelar sig på Shetlandsöarna under olika årstider. Svart som natten har bland annat belönats med Duncan Lawrie Dagger för bästa engelska deckare 2006 och nominerades till Martin Beck Award 2007. Svart som natten har hittills sålt i ca 100 000 ex (original, reprint, audio) Om Svart som natten::"...en mästerligt skriven roman med utmejslade personporträtt, krypande spänning och en tät skildring av ett litet samhäller där alla vet allt om alla." Aftonbladet "Jag föll pladask för Cleeves språk, atmosfären och hennes förmåga att få karaktärerna att kännas äkta ... Njut!” Hennes "Svart som natten är en av de bästa deckarna jag har läst. En riktig favorit." Smålänningen

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again Murder in Paradise is the third mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. Cheerful festivities take a dark turn when the groom’s sister slips and tumbles to the perilous rocks below . . . Newlyweds Jim and Sarah are welcomed home from their honeymoon to the Scottish island of Kinness with a huge celebration, and the whole island is present to witness the bitter end. But did Jim’s younger sister Mary fall? Or was she pushed? George Palmer-Jones, retired birdwatcher and amateur detective, suspects the latter. But proving it will be difficult – no one wants to upset the balance of the island’s ancient relationships. There are definitely secrets being hidden, and George, helped by Sarah, begin to piece together a tragic story he wishes he had never heard. Kinness is a paradise lost . . .

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again. A Prey to Murder is the fourth mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. The huge and powerful hawk dominated the scene. Its talons pierced the woman’s flesh and the beak pointed towards her eyes . . . The sight is a particularly horrible shock for George Palmer-Jones, ornithologist and amateur detective, as he was an old friend of the victim Eleanor Masefield. George and his wife Molly are staying at Eleanor’s family run hotel, and whilst George believed Eleanor was a beautiful and charming widow, Molly has other ideas. Is Molly a little jealous? Or was Eleanor more a black widow – a ruthless manipulator of all those caught in her far-reaching web? Can Molly prove it in time to prevent another death?

West Country Wildlife''s birdwatching package to America has presented tour guide Rob Earle with the perfect opportunity for a reunion with his old college friends Mick Brownscombe, now working in Texas as an environmental consultant, and Oliver Adamson. It is the first time in twenty years the three have been together - since the fateful holiday to America during which they met the enigmatic Laurie . . . Rob''s tour party is hoping for spectacular sights at High Island on the Upper Texas coast. For here - as the spring storms begin - swarms of migrating birds fall from the sky seeking shelter. But as the rain pours down and the birds descend, the party is greeted with a far more shocking sight - the dead body of Mick Brownscombe. Back in Britain PIs George and Molly Palmer-Jones are working on a minor fraud case in which the name of Brownscombe Associates has also cropped up. So when George receives a desperate transatlantic call from his friend Rob, he is on the first plane to Texas. But his investigations make little progress - until the second body is found . . .