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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'...
The Crow Trap is a crime novel by Ann Cleeves, first published in 1999, and the opening book of the Vera Stanhope series. Its story brings three women together at an isolated cottage in Northumberland to conduct an environmental survey connected with a proposed quarry. A suspicious death draws Detec...
Red Bones is a 2009 crime novel by Ann Cleeves and the third installment in her Shetland series featuring detective Jimmy Perez. Set principally on Whalsay, it begins when a woman is shot during an archaeological excavation and develops around local families, wartime history, and remains uncovered a...
Hidden Depths is a 2007 crime novel by Ann Cleeves and the third book in the Vera Stanhope series. Set in Northumberland, it follows Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope as she investigates deaths involving victims found in water, with flowers and other carefully arranged objects nearby. The inquiry br...
Telling Tales is a 2005 crime novel by Ann Cleeves and the second book centered on Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope. The story returns to an East Yorkshire community affected by the murder of a teenage girl ten years earlier, after evidence emerges that the man convicted of the crime may have been...
The Long Call is a 2019 crime novel by Ann Cleeves and the first book in the Two Rivers series. It introduces Detective Matthew Venn, who investigates the death of a man found on a beach in north Devon near the meeting point of the Taw and Torridge rivers. The case connects with a community organiza...
The Glass Room is a 2012 crime novel by Ann Cleeves and the fifth book in the Vera Stanhope series. Vera becomes involved after discovering that her neighbor has gone to a secluded writers' retreat at a country house in Northumberland. When a body is found and Vera's neighbor is discovered holding a...
The Heron's Cry is a 2021 crime novel by Ann Cleeves and the second entry in her Two Rivers series. Detective Matthew Venn investigates after a man is found stabbed with a shard of glass at a rural arts center in North Devon, and another death suggests a connection between the victims. The novel com...
