[A] perfectly fresh, contemporary crime story meshing interesting characters with plenty of fascinating ornithological detail

Crime Fiction Catalogue

A fine writer

Sunday Telegraph

Cleeves is quietly carving out a reputation as the new Queen of Crime

Sunday Mirror

Se alle

Ann Cleeves is a skilful technician, keeping our interest alive and building slowly up to the denouement. Her easy use of language and clever story construction make her one of the best natural writers of detective fiction

Daily Express

Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves

- Val McDermid,

Ann Cleeves has an enviable talent . . . I love these books

CrimeSquad

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again.Come Death and High Water is the second mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.The picturesque privately owned island of Gillibry off the North Devon coast turns out to be the perfect site for a murder . . .A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird Observatory Trust is made memorable by the owner’s announcement that he is going to sell the island. A sale would mean the end of the Observatory, which for some of the birders makes life worth living. A fire in Charlie Todd’s cottage adds to their distress. And when, next morning, after a fierce storm, they find Charlie dead in a bird hide, their pleasant September weekend assumes a dangerous new face.Charlie Todd’s murder could have been the deed of any member of the Trust. And it falls to one of their own, George Palmer-Jones, to unravel the identity of a killer within their midst . . .
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The second mystery novel in the Palmer-Jones series by Ann Cleeves, winner of the 2017 CWA Diamond Dagger.
The second mystery novel in the Palmer-Jones series by Ann Cleeves, winner of the 2017 CWA Diamond Dagger.
George and Molly Palmer-Jones are the amateur detectives at the centre of Ann Cleeves’ first ever series of crime novels. It begins with A Bird in the Hand – the first novel from the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of the Vera Stanhope and Shetland series, which have become hit television detective dramas. George is a devoted ornithologist and bird-watching takes him all over the British Isles and beyond. But as every birding adventure seems to take a sinister turn, he and his wife Molly take it upon themselves to find the culprit of each mystery in this gripping 8-part series.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781529070606
Publisert
2023-11-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
210 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
19 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
00, G, 01
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV's The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.

Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021 her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. She lives in Northumberland where the Vera books are set.