A fine writer

Sunday Telegraph

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

Sunday Mirror

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

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Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves

- Val McDermid, author of the Tony Hill & Carol Jordan and Karen Pirie series,

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

CrimeSquad

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againA Prey to Murder is the fourth mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.The huge and powerful hawk dominated the scene. Its talons pierced the woman’s flesh and the beak pointed towards her eyes . . .The sight is a particularly horrible shock for George Palmer-Jones, ornithologist and amateur detective, as he was an old friend of the victim Eleanor Masefield. George and his wife Molly are staying at Eleanor’s family-run hotel, and whilst George believed Eleanor was a beautiful and charming widow, Molly has other ideas.Is Molly a little jealous? Or was Eleanor more a black widow – a ruthless manipulator of all those caught in her far-reaching web? Can Molly prove it in time to prevent another death?
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The fourth mystery novel in the Palmer-Jones series by Ann Cleeves, winner of the 2017 CWA Diamond Dagger.
The fourth 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
9781529073461
Publisert
2023-12-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
188 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
131 mm
Dybde
15 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
00, G, 01
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

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.