A most satisfying mystery

- Peter Robinson, author of the Inspector Banks novels,

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Guardian

A man with no memory is found dead and suspicion clouds the community. Inspector Jimmy Perez must hunt for a calculating killer in White Nights, the second Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves.Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall.On Shetland, the launch of an exhibition at The Herring House art gallery is disturbed – a stranger bursts into tears, claiming not to remember who he is or where he comes from. The next day, Inspector Jimmy Perez finds his dead body in a fisherman’s hut.Initially, it seems to be a straightforward case of suicide – yet this is no desperate act. Instead, it soon becomes clear, this is the work of a cold-blooded killer. As Perez investigates, he finds himself mired in the hidden secrets of a small community. Then another body is found.Perez knows he must find the killer before another death occurs. But it is midsummer, an unsettling time when the sun never really sets in Shetland and nothing is quite as it seems . . .Continue the captivating crime series with Red Bones.
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White Nights is the second book in the Shetland series from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and The Two Rivers. When two bodies are discovered in the midsummer heat, Inspector Jimmy Perez must work fast – before the killer finds another victim . . .
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When the sun never sets it brings to light deadly secrets
The Shetland series is a bestselling, critically-acclaimed series of crime novels by Ann Cleeves, which has also been made into a hit TV series on BBC One starring Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. Set in the isolated Scottish Shetland isles, Detective Inspector Perez and his police colleagues become entwined in the tight-knit island community as they investigate mysterious disappearances, murders and the darkest secrets of Scotland's most northerly isles. The first novel in the series, Raven Black, was awarded the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (CWA Gold Dagger) for Best Crime Novel. Ann also writes the Vera series which has been made into a popular detective drama on ITV1, starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera Stanhope of the Northumbria Police Force. In 2012 Ann was inducted into the Crime Writer's Association Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781529050196
Publisert
2021-03-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
274 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
400

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty 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 and Jimmy Perez, who can now be found on television in ITV’s Vera and BBC One’s Shetland. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.

Before she started writing, Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other northern British writers to promote crime fiction. Ann is also a passionate champion for libraries and was a National Libraries Day Ambassador. Ann lives in North Tyneside, near where the Vera books are set.