Books in the Shetland series in order

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

White Nights is the second book in Ann Cleeves' bestselling Shetland series - a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall.When Shetland detective Jimmy Perez finds a body in a hut used by fishermen it seems to be a straightforward case of suicide. He recognizes the victim - a stranger with amnesia who had disrupted a local party the night before his death.Yet this is no desperate act of anguish, but the work of a cold and calculating killer. As Perez investigates, he finds himself mired in the hidden secrets of the small Biddista community. Then another body is found.Perez knows he must break the cycle before another death occurs. But this is a crazy time of year when night blurs into day and nothing is quite as it seems . . .

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.