description Raven Black Overview
Raven Black is a 2006 crime novel by British author Ann Cleeves and the first installment in her Shetland series. Set in the Shetland Islands, it follows Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez as he investigates the killing of a teenage girl whose body is discovered in the snow. The novel uses the islands' small communities, landscape, and long winter darkness as central elements of the investigation, and it received the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger.
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Raven Black ranks #54 of 183 in the Detective Novel ranking, behind Trunk Music, ahead of Too Many Cooks.
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What case brings Jimmy Perez into Raven Black?
A teenage girl's body is discovered in the snow near an isolated Shetland community. Suspicion falls on a local man already associated in residents' minds with an older disappearance, but Detective Jimmy Perez questions the easy conclusion.
Is Raven Black the first Shetland novel?
Yes, the 2006 novel launches Ann Cleeves's Shetland series and introduces Jimmy Perez. Later entries include White Nights, Red Bones, and Blue Lightning.
Which award did Raven Black win?
Raven Black won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. The award helped establish the Shetland books as a major British crime series.
How is Raven Black connected to the television series Shetland?
The books supplied the characters and island setting for the BBC crime drama Shetland. Douglas Henshall played Jimmy Perez on television, although the adaptation changes plots and character details from Cleeves's novels.
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