This series is the basis for the hit BBC show Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, which attracted over 12 million viewers in its first two nights on the air. It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies beneath a deep layer of snow. Long a celebrated crime writer in Britain, Ann Cleeves fame went international when she won the coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger for this amazing suspense. Ann Cleevess Raven Black introduces a dazzling suspense series to U.S. Raven Black was adapted into a 2-part TV show that was. mystery readers with this unforgettable series debut. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, 9780312359676, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Raven Black is the first book in the Shetland Island series of novels by British author Ann Cleeves. For the first time in years, Catherine’s neighbors nervously lock their doors, while a killer lives on in their midst.Īnn Cleeves is sure to dazzle U.S. But when detective Jimmy Perez and his colleagues from the mainland insist on opening out the investigation, a veil of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community. Looking for more gripping reads Don't miss our edit of the best thriller books of 2022. Here are all Ann Cleeves' Shetland books in order. The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man-loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. The first novel in the series, Raven Black, was awarded the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (CWA Gold Dagger) for best crime novel.
It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbor, Catherine Ross. Trudging home, Fran Hunter’s eye is drawn to a splash of color on the frozen ground, ravens circling above. It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies beneath a deep layer of snow. Like Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse or Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks, Cleeves’ new detective, Inspector Jimmy Perez, is a very private and perceptive man whose bailiwick is a remote hamlet in the Shetland Islands. Long a celebrated crime writer in Britain, Ann Cleeves’ fame went international when she won the coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger for this amazing suspense novel, Raven Black.
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