Description: Shetland Island Mysteries: Raven Black by Ann Cleeves The basis for the hit series "Shetland" now airing on PBS.Winner of Britain's coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves's Raven Black introduces a dazzling suspense series to U.S. mystery readers.It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a splash of color on the frozen ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbor, Catherine Ross.The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man--loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. 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. For the first time in years, Catherine's neighbors nervously lock their doors, while a killer lives on in their midst. Shetland Island Mysteries: Dead Water by Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves returns to her critically acclaimed Shetland Island series with this stunning mystery featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, who readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, and Blue Lightning. When the body of a journalist is found, Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted from outside to head up the investigation. Inspector Jimmy Perez has been out of the loop, but his local knowledge is needed in this case, and he decides to help Willow. The dead journalist had left the islands years before to pursue his writing career. In his wake, he left a scandal involving a young girl. When Willow and Jimmy dig deeper, they realize that the journalist was chasing a story that many Shetlanders didn't want to come to the surface. InDead Water, a triumphant continuation to her Shetland series, Ann Cleeves cements her place as one of Britain's most successful crime writers. Shetland Island Mysteries: Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves Wild Fire is the much-anticipated final entry in Ann Cleeves's beloved Shetland series, which is now a hit television show starring Douglas Henshall."Nothing short of riveting."―Louise Penny on Blue Lightning"Gripping from start to finish."―Booklist"Jimmy Perez is a fine creation."―Peter RobinsonThe betrayal of those closest burns most of all . . .Hoping for a fresh start, an English family moves to the remote Shetland islands, eager to give their autistic son a better life. But when a young nanny's body is found hanging in the barn beside their home, rumors of her affair with the husband spread like wildfire. As suspicion and resentment of the family blazes in the community, Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate. He knows it will mean his boss, Willow Reeves, returning to run the investigation, and confronting their complex relationship.With families fracturing and long-hidden lies emerging, Jimmy faces the most disturbing case of his career.
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Book Title: Raven Black
Book Series: Shetland Series
Original Language: English
Item Length: 5 in
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 8 in
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Topic: Murder Mystery
Item Width: 1 in
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Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
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Publication Year: 2006
Type: Novel
Era: 2000s
Illustrator: na
Author: Ann Cleeves
Genre: Murder Mystery
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Item Weight: 10 oz
Number of Pages: 390