Books by Ann Cleeves

Shetland.Inviterende.Vild.Afsides. Værende tiltrukket af omdømmet flytter en engelsk familie til området, ivrige efter at give deres autistiske søn en bedre tilværelse.Men da en ung barnepiges krop bliver fundet hængende i deres lade, begynder rygterne om hende og mandens affære at sprede sig som løbeild. Med mistanken åndende familien i nakken, bliver Jimmy Perez tilkaldt som efterforsker, vel vidende om, at det vil betyde,at hans on-off elsker og chef, Willow Reeves,vender tilbage til øerne for at lede sagen. Perez er oppe mod den mest skæbnesvangre efterforskning i sin karriere. Er han klar til det,der er på vej? Løbeild er den ottende og sidste bog i Ann Cleeves bedstsælgende Shetland-serie, der er filmatiseret af BBC og følges af millioner af seere over hele verden.

Leder du efter en ny krimiserie? Er du fan af Elly Griffiths og Robert Galbraith? Så er der godt nyt! Døden på stranden er første bind i en ny serie af Ann Cleeves, som er kvinden bag den populære tv-serie "Vera". Som altid inddrager Cleeves på mesterlig vis de smukke omgivelser og lader dem danne baggrund for en atmosfærefyldt og overraskende krimiintrige. Kriminalbetjent Matthew Venn har netop deltaget i sin fars begravelse efter ikke at have haft kontakt med ham i mange år. Da Matthew forlod det strengt religiøse miljø, han voksede op i, vendte hans familie ham nemlig ryggen. Men nu, foran kirken, modtager han et opkald fra en kollega. Der er fundet et lig af en mand på stranden i nærheden. Manden er blevet stukket ned med en kniv. Ingen ved, hvem han er. Hans eneste kendetegn er en tatovering af en albatros. Sagen fører Matthew direkte tilbage til det miljø, han troede, han havde lagt bag sig, og mens hans fortid kolliderer med nutiden, afdækker han en række dødbringende hemmeligheder i det lille, sammentømrede samfund. Døden på stranden er klassisk britisk krimi, når den er allerbedst.

Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - filmed as the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall, Shetland.It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream, the ravens continue their deadly dance . . .The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man - loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police insist on opening out the investigation a veil of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community. For the first time in years, Catherine's neighbours nervously lock their doors, whilst a killer lives on in their midst.Also available in the Shetland series are White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, Dead Water and Thin Air.

Mørk muld er det syvende bind i Ann Cleeves’ Shetland-serie. Serien er en stor succes, både i bogform og som BBC’s storslåede tv-serie. I de mørke vinterdage på Shetlandsøerne sætter flere måneders kraftig regn gang i et jordskred. Jordmasserne vælter hen over hovedvejen mellem Lerwick og Sumburgh og videre ned til havet. Jimmy Perez ser ved vennen Magnus Taits begravelse, hvordan mudderet og det tørveholdige vand pløjer sig gennem et lille husmandssted. Alle tror, huset er ubeboet, men mellem mudder, sten og murbrokker finder Perez liget af en mørkhåret kvinde iført en rød silkekjole. Kvindens mørke, eksotiske udseende får ham til at føle, at de på en eller anden måde er forbundet, og han arbejder desperat for at identificere hende. Det viser sig, at kvinden allerede var død, inden jordskreddet ramte huset. Perez kaster sig over efterforskningen for at opklare, hvem hun var, og hvordan hun døde. Mørk muld er den syvende roman i Ann Cleeves’ Shetland-serie, der er filmatiseret af BBC og følges af millioner af seere over hele verden. I Shetland-serien findes også Sort som ravnen, Hvide nætter, Rødt støv, Stormvarsel, Dødvande og Blå luft. Omtale i pressen ”… det tvist, som en dygtig forfatter giver en almindelig krimi ... Læs bogen, og gå ikke glip af tv-serien.” Globe and Mail ”Jeg synes altid, at Ann Cleeves’ bøger er rigtig gode. De holder en høj international standard.” Magnus Utvik i Gomorron Sverige, SVT ”Kun få britiske forfattere formår som Cleeves at fremmane et steds atmosfære, og skildringen af vejret og terrænet er lige så afgørende for Shetland-seriens popularitet som beskrivelsen af Perez, hvis spanske rødder gør, at han altid vil stå som en outsider i dette afsondrede samfund. Det her er en af de bedste bøger i serien.” Barry Forshaw, FT ”Shetlandsøerne er et fascinerende sted, og romanfigurerne, hvoraf nogle er lokale, og andre tilflyttere, som søger fred eller frelse for fortiden på en afsondret ø, danner baggrund for krimigåden. Endnu en supergod læseoplevelse, som jeg kun kan give mine varmeste anbefalinger.” Crimesquad Det, der har gjort hendes bøger populære og prisbelønnede, er, at de er litterære romaner, som samtidig er spændende.” Östgöta Correspondenten ”Ann Cleeves formår på fornemste vis at skildre livet på Shetlandsøerne og den særlige stemning, som man finder i øsamfund.” Ölandsbladet

Winner of the 2017 Crime Writers' Association Diamond DaggerVera Stanhope will return in The SeagullThe Crow Trap is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn, Vera. Three very different women come together at isolated Baikie's Cottage on the North Pennines, to complete an environmental survey. Three women who each know the meaning of betrayal . . . Rachael, the team leader, is still reeling after a double betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Anne, a botanist, sees the survey as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman, hiding plenty of her own secrets. Rachael is the first to arrive at the cottage, where she discovers the body of her friend, Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide - a verdict Rachael refuses to accept. When another death occurs, a fourth woman enters the picture - the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope . . . Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices and The Glass Room. Ann Cleeves' Shetland series (BBC television drama SHETLAND) contains five titles, of which Dead Water is the most recent.

Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series, Ann Cleeves returns with the first in a brand new series set in North Devon and featuring Detective Matthew Venn. In this rural idyll, where two rivers meet, crime is always there waiting to rise from the water.

Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning stand alone novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of the astounding Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew has had more than her fair share of struggles. Abandoned as a baby, she spent her childhood moving between foster homes. Now she is running away from her past . . . A holiday in Morocco seems to be the perfect escape. Especially when she meets Philip, a fellow tourist who distracts her from her troubles. After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England, to a solicitor's letter. Philip Samson has died. In his will, he has left Lizzie a gift of GBP15,000. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life . . .

The Healers is the fifth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Isolated farmer Ernie Bowles was found lying on his kitchen floor, gruesomely strangled . . .News of the murder came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning and he fears 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 had lived alone since his mother's death. A seemingly unconnected women is then found strangled too, 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?

High Island Blues is the eighth and final mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Swarms of migrating birds fall from the sky seeking shelter as the spring storms begin, but the birders are distracted by a far more shocking sight, Mick Brownscombe's dead body . . .Old college friends Rob, Oliver and Mick reunite on a bird watching tour to America. 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 . . . The tour party is hoping for spectacular sights at High Island on the Upper Texas coast, but as the rain pours down and the birds descend, Mick is discovered dead. Back in Britain PIs George and Molly Palmer-Jones are working on a minor fraud case with name of Brownscombe Associates attached. So when George receives a desperate transatlantic call from his friend Rob, he is on the first plane to Texas.His investigations make little progress - until the second body is found . . .

Another Man's Poison is the sixth mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Molly Palmer-Jones arrives at her aunt Ursula's house one morning, only to find her body slumped lifeless on the sofa . . .Ursula Ottway's beautiful cottage is wanted by her landlord, politician Marcus Grenville, so he can convert it 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. Shocked and saddened to find Ursula's body the morning after this conflict, 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 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?

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 were welcomed home from their honeymoon to the Scottish island of Kinness with a huge celebration, and the whole island was 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, suspected the latter, but proving it would be difficult - no one wanted to upset the balance of the island's ancient relationships.There were definitely secrets being hidden, and George, helped by Sarah, began to piece together a tragic story he wished he had never heard. Kinness was a paradise lost.

Killjoy is the fourth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.The youth theatre cast are in their places but Gus Lynch's female lead is missing, that is, until she's found in the boot of his car . . .Detective Inspector Stephen Ramsay and Sergeant Gordon Hunter are assigned to head the murder enquiry, meanwhile violence is escalating on the Starling Farm Estate as police battle to contain the latest outbreak of joyriding. Is the death of Gabriella connected to the events at Starling Farm?When another death occurs, investigations suggest a possible link, and Ramsay realizes what could have provoked someone to kill . . . and kill again.

Murder in My Backyard is the second mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry . . . but here she is, murdered in her own backyard on a bitter St. David's Eve.When detective Stephen Ramsay starts asking questions in the village, a more ambiguous picture begins to emerge. Yes, old Mrs. Parry was loved by everyone, but sometimes her kindness had caused trouble. Yes, her two nephews were devoted to her, but they didn't really want her interfering in their rather complicated personal lives. Even among her neighbours, Alice Parry's helpfulness had sometimes misfired; and after her death, tension tight as a clenched fist grips the uneasy village.Meanwhile, the suspects keep rolling in, and Heppleburn's friendly neighbourhood killer continues his nasty piece of work . . .

A Lesson in Dying is the first mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Who hung the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Halloween Party?Almost everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the viper-tongued Harold Medburn. Inspector Ramsay is convinced it was the headmaster's enigmatic wife but Jack Robson, school governor and caretaker, is determined to prove her innocence.With the help of his restless daughter Patty, Jack digs into the secrets of Heppleburn, and uncovers a cesspit of lies, adultery, blackmail and madness . . .

Vera Stanhope og en lille landsbys beboere kommer på prøve, da nye spor dukker op i en ældre sag om en myrdet teenagepige. I løgnenes spor er andet bind af Ann Cleeves’ hitserie om den skarpe, men elskelige kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhope. Ti år er gået, siden femtenårige Abigail Mantel blev myrdet og fundet død i en grøftekant i East Yorkshire. Hendes fars kæreste blev dengang dømt for mordet, men pludselig dukker nye beviser op i sagen og renser hendes navn – Abigails morder er altså stadig på fri fod. Abigails bedste veninde, nu en ung kvinde, der bor i landsbyen med sin egen lille familie, er chokeret over nyheden. Hun opdager, at hun måske slet ikke kendte sin veninde så godt, som hun troede … Efterhånden som kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhopes efterforskning skrider frem, står det klart, at landsbyens beboere ikke taler helt sandt og vil gøre hvad som helst for at undgå, at sandheden kommer frem i lyset. Er de bange for morderen? Eller for deres egen blakkede fortid?

Tre kvinder, der alle har noget at skjule. Kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhope er den eneste, der kan finde morderen. Kragefælden er første bind af Ann Cleeves’ hitserie om den skarpe, men elskelige kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhope. En lille gruppe meget forskellige kvinder ankommer til en afsidesliggende hytte i en engelsk nationalpark for at foretage en miljøundersøgelse. Holdets leder, Rachael, er stadig ved at komme sig over at være blevet svigtet af sin chef og elsker. Botanikeren Anne har selv skumle bagtanker med at deltage i undersøgelsen. Og så er der Grace, en sær, stille ung kvinde, som også har sine skeletter i skabet. Da Rachael ankommer som den første, bliver hun chokeret over at finde liget af sin veninde Bella Furness. Bella har tilsyneladende begået selvmord — men Rachael er skeptisk. Og da der sker endnu et dødsfald, må de tilkalde en fjerde kvinde, nemlig den ukonventionelle kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhope, som nu må stykke sandheden sammen.

Det er en usædvanligt varm sommer i North Devon, og turisterne strømmer til kysten. Vicekriminalkommissær Matthew Venn bliver kaldt ud til et gerningssted på en landlig ejendom beboet af en gruppe kunstnere. Her finder han et nøje iscenesat mord: En lokal læge, Dr. Yeo, er blevet dræbt med et skår fra en glasvase, som hans glaspusterdatter har lavet. Dr. Yeo virker som et usandsynligt mordoffer. Han var en god mand, forgudet af sin datter og vellidt i lokalmiljøet, hvor han kæmpede for patienternes rettigheder. Da man finder endnu et lig, dræbt på samme måde som det første, må Matthew Venn træde varsomt og navigere med snilde i de mange løgne, der gemmer sig under overfladen i det lille lokalsamfund. Og sagen går faretruende tæt på hans eget privatliv. Hejrens skrig er andet selvstændige bind i serien om kriminalkommissær Matthew Venn. En overraskende og stemningsfuld krimi fra det nordlige Devons naturskønne omgivelser. Første bind i serien, Døden på stranden, findes nu som tv-serie, ligesom de populære tv-serier Vera og Shetland.

Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Two Rivers series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the tenth in the acclaimed Northumbrian set Vera Stanhope series, following on from The Darkest Evening, in which a school reunion turns deadly as the tide rises on Holy Island.

The Sleeping and the Dead is a tense psychological crime thriller from CWA Gold Dagger award-winning writer, Ann Cleeves.Detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Lake where the body of a teenager has been discovered. After trawling through the missing persons files, he deduces that the corpse is Michael Grey, an enigmatic and secretive young man who was reported missing by his foster parents in 1972. For country prison officer Hannah Morton it is the shock of her life. Michael had been her boyfriend, and she had been with him the night he disappeared. The news report that a body has been found brings back dreaded and long buried memories from her past . . .

&i>Sunday Times&/i> bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the second in a brand new series set in North Devon and featuring Detective Matthew Venn. &i>The Herons Cry &/i>is the second book in the Two Rivers series following on from &i>The Long Call.&/i>

From award-winning and Sunday Times top five bestseller Ann Cleeves comes the captivating eighth, and final, novel in the Shetland Series featuring DI Jimmy Perez in his most personal case to date.

Cold Earth is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' bestselling Shetland series - a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall.In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Lerwick-Sumburgh road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. In his mind, she shares his Mediterranean ancestry and soon he becomes obsessed with tracing her identity. Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit the house. Perez knows he must find out who she was, and how she died.Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, Dead Water and Thin Air.

Thin Air is the sixth book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall as detective Jimmy Perez.A group of old university friends leave the bright lights of London and travel to Unst, Shetland's most northerly island, to celebrate the marriage of one of their friends to a Shetlander. But late on the night of the wedding party, one of them, Eleanor, disappears - apparently into thin air. It's mid-summer, a time of light nights and unexpected mists. The following day, Eleanor's friend Polly receives an email. It appears to be a suicide note, saying she'll never be found alive. 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 Unst 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 Shetland novel explores the tensions between tradition and modernity that lie deep at the heart of a community, and how events from the past can have devastating effects on the present.Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, Dead Water, Cold Earth and Wild Fire.

Dead Water is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - a major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall. When the body of journalist Jerry Markham is found in a traditional Shetland boat, outside the house of the local public prosecutor, down at the Marina, young Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted in to head up the investigation. Since the death of his fiancee, Inspector Jimmy Perez has been out of the loop, but his interest in this new case is stirred and he decides to help the inquiry. Markham - originally a Shetlander but who had made a name for himself in London - had left the islands years before. In his wake, he left a scandal involving a young girl, Evie Watt, who is now engaged to a seaman. He had few friends in Shetland, so why was he back? Willow and Jimmy are led to Sullum Voe, the heart of Shetland's North Sea oil and gas industry. It soon emerges from their investigation that Markham was chasing a story in his final days. One that must have been significant enough to warrant his death . . . Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning and Thin Air.

Blue Lightning is the fourth book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series, filmed as the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall.With the autumn storms raging, Fair Isle feels cut off from the rest of the world. Trapped, tension is high and tempers become frayed. Enough to drive someone to murder . . .A woman's body is discovered at the renowned Fair Isles bird observatory, with feathers threaded through her hair. The islanders react with fear and anger. Detective Jimmy Perez has no support from the mainland and must investigate the old-fashioned way. He soon realizes that this is no crime of passion - but a murder of cold and calculated intention.There's no way off the island until the storms abate - and so the killer is also trapped, just waiting for the opportunity to strike again.Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones and Dead Water and Thin Air.

Red Bones is the third book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - a major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall.When an elderly woman is shot in what appears to be a tragic accident, Shetland detective Jimmy Perez is called to investigate the mystery.The sparse landscape and the emptiness of the sea have bred a fierce and secretive people. As Jimmy looks to the islanders for answers, he finds instead two feuding families whose envy, greed and bitterness have lasted generations.Then there's another murder and, as the spring weather shrouds the island in claustrophobic mists, Jimmy must dig up old secrets to stop a new killer from striking again . . .Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, Dead Water and Thin Air.