Ann Cleeves

La novela que ha inspirado la famosa serie Shetland, emitida en FilminEs 5 de enero. Las islas Shetland amanecen enterradas bajo un blanco manto de nieve. Fran Hunter está volviendo a casa tras dejar a su hija en el colegio cuando ve una bandada de cuervos volar en circulos sobre una mancha de color en la nieve. Es el cuerpo sin vida de Catherine Ross, su vecina adolescente.Los habitantes del pueblecito de Ravenswick tienen claro quien es el asesino: el ermitaño Marcus Tait. Pero el inspector Jimmy Perez cree que la verdad es otra. La posibilidad de que el asesino siga suelto hace que la desconfianza y la sospecha se extiendan por la pequeña comunidad. Por primera vez en años, los vecinos cierran sus puertas con llave y se miran con suspicacia los unos a los otros, recelosos de lo que la investigacion del inspector Perez pueda sacar a la luz. Novela ganadora del prestigioso CWA Gold Dagger AwardLa primera novela protagonizada por el inspector Jimmy Perez

El nuevo caso del inspector Jimmy Perez, protagonista de la famosa serie Shetland En la isla de Whalsay, una joven arqueóloga descubre unos huesos humanos durante unas excavaciones. El hallazgo desp

El nuevo caso del inspector Jimmy Perez, protagonista de la famosa serie Shetland, emitida en FILMINEn Biddista, en las islas Shetland, la inauguración de una exposición en una galería de arte termina en desastre cuando un desconocido rompe a llorar de repente, diciendo que no recuerda quien es ni de donde viene. Al dia siguiente, el inspector Jimmy Perez encuentra su cadaver ahorcado en una cabaña de pescadores.Lo que al principio parece un suicidio es en realidad obra de un asesino a sangre fria, y pronto queda claro que la raiz del crimen se oculta en los secretos del pasado de los habitantes de Biddista. Cuando aparece un segundo cuerpo, Perez sabe que debe encontrar al asesino antes de que las muertes destrocen la pequeña y apacible comunidad. Nada es facil en la epoca de las noches blancas de Shetland, cuando el sol nunca se pone y la marea esconde la verdad. De la ganadora del prestigioso CWA Gold Dagger AwardEl nuevo caso del inspector inspector Jimmy Perez

Descubre a la inspectora Vera Stanhope, protagonista de la serie de televisión VeraHan pasado diez años desde que el cuerpo de la quinceañera Abigail Mantel apareció en una zanja y Jeanie Long, la novia de su padre, fue condenada por el crimen. Justo cuando Emma Bennett, la mejor amiga de la victima, regresa a Elvet, el pueblo donde todo sucedio, aparecen pruebas que demuestran la inocencia de Jeanie, y eso quiere decir que el asesino de Abigail sigue libre.La inspectora Vera Stanhope es la encargada de investigar el caso y, a medida que avanza en sus pesquisas, los secretos del pasado quedan al descubierto. Todo el mundo miente para protegerse, pero Vera debe atrapar al asesino, y rapido. De la ganadora del prestigioso CWA Gold Dagger AwardUna apasionante novela protagonizada por la inspectora Vera Stanhope

A KILLING. In Newcastle, Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie travel home on the busy Metro. The train is stopped unexpectedly, and Jessie sees that one woman doesn't leave with the other passengers: Margaret Krukowski has been fatally stabbed. A WITNESS. No one saw the murder take place. How can this be, when the train was packed? Searching for a lead, DI Vera Stanhope heads to the quiet Northumberland town of Mardle to investigate. She can feel in her bones that the local residents know more than they are letting on: a killer is among them. A SECRET. Just days later, a second woman is murdered. Retracing the victims' final steps, Vera finds herself searching deep into the hidden past of this seemingly innocent neighbourhood, led by clues that keep revolving around one street: why are the residents of Harbour Street so reluctant to speak? DI Vera Stanhope is back. And she wants answers.

La bióloga Rachel Lambert llega a los Peninos del Norte, un fascinante paisaje entre Inglaterra y Escocia, para liderar un proyecto medioambiental, junto con Anne, una botánica local, y Grace, una zoologa a la que no conoce. Al llegar a su refugio, Rachel se encuentra el cadaver de una vieja amiga que, aparentemente, se ha suicidado; pero enseguida empieza a sospechar que alguien la ha matado. Tras otra muerte inexplicable, la inspectora Vera Stanhope, una mujer madura que no siempre utiliza los metodos mas ortodoxos, aparece en escena. Una fascinante novela negra ambientada en una sugerente zona rural que pone en escena un supuesto suicidio, tres personalidades femeninas fuertes y una opaca investigacion con muchos intereses ocultos.

The Seagull is Ann Cleeves' searing eighth novel in the bestselling Vera Stanhope series, about corruption deep in the heart of a community, and about fragile, and fracturing, family relationships. Shrewd. Smart. Challenging. Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope is on the case. When prison inmate and former police officer John Brace says he's willing to give up information about a long-dead wheeler dealer in return for protection for his family, Vera knows that she has to look into his claims. But opening up this cold case strikes much closer to home than Vera anticipates as her investigation takes her back in time to The Seagull, a once decadent and now derelict nightclub where her deceased father and his friends used to congregate. As Vera's past collides dangerously with the present, she will have to confront her unwanted memories and face the possibility that her father was involved in what happened. The truth is about to come out but is Vera ready for it will reveal?

Cold Earth is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall. In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Lerwick-Sumburgh road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. In his mind, she shares his Mediterranean ancestry and soon he becomes obsessed with tracing her identity. Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit the house. Perez knows he must find out who she was, and how she died. Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, Dead Water and Thin Air

The Moth Catcher is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - now the major ITV detective drama Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn. In a valley in Northumberland, a shocking discovery shatters the peace in a quiet farming community. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist, to look after the place while they're visiting family in Australia. Then Percy, a retired farm labourer who lives with his divorced daughter in a development on the farmland, finds Patrick, the house-sitter, dead by the side of the lane on the way into the valley. Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene, with her detectives Holly and Joe. When Vera looks round the attic of the big house - where Patrick has a flat - she finds the body of a second man. He's middle-aged, grey. What could the two victims have in common? Why were they killed on the same day, but their bodies found in separate locations? Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are The Crow Trap, Telling Tales, Silent Voices, The Glass Room and Harbour Street.

A hot summer on the Northumberland coast, and Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son murdered. Luke has been strangled, laid out in a bath of water and covered with wild flowers. This stylized murder scene has Inspector Vera Stanhope and her team intrigued. But then a second body - that of beautiful young teacher Lily Marsh - is discovered laid out in a rock pool, the water strewn with flowers. Now Vera must work quickly to find this dramatist, this killer who is making art out of death. Clues are slow to emerge from those who had known Luke and Lily, but Vera soon finds herself drawn towards the curious group of friends who discovered Lily's body. What unites these four men and one woman? Are they really the close-knit, trustworthy unit they claim to be? As local residents are forced to share their private lives and those of their loved ones, sinister secrets are slowly unearthed. And all the while the killer remains in their midst, waiting for an opportunity to prepare another beautiful, watery grave ...'Hidden Depths is another classic, traditional crime novel in a contemporary setting by Ann Cleeves, winner of last year's Duncan Lawrie Dagger...The story follows each of the main characters in turn, but it is fat, lonely Vera, awkward with her staff and unaware that they are frightened of her, who makes the biggest impression in this skilfully crafted mystery' - "Sunday Telegraph".'Ann Cleeves improves with every book. Her previous novel, "Raven Black", was a deserved winner of the prestigious Duncan Lawrie Dagger for best crime novel of 2006..."Hidden Depths" is a subtle, nuanced book and Cleeves draws her characters with care and compassion. The landscape of rural Northumberland is vividly evoked and Inspector Stanhope - overweight, fallible and driven by personal demons - is a terrific central character' - "Tribune".

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair Isles to introduce his fiancée, Fran, to his parents. It's a community where everyone knows each other, and strangers, while welcomed, are still viewed with a degree of mistrust. Challenging to live on at the best of times, with the autumn storms raging, the island feels cut off from the rest of the world. Trapped, tension is high and tempers become frayed. Enough to drive someone to murder… When a woman's body is discovered at the renowned Fair Isles bird observatory, with feathers threaded through her hair, the islanders react with fear and anger. With no support from the mainland and only Fran to help him, Jimmy has to investigate the old-fashioned way. He soon realizes that this is no crime of passion—but a murder of cold and calculated intention. With no way off the island until the storms abate, Jimmy knows he has to work quickly. There's a killer on the island just waiting for the opportunity to strike again.

When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life, she's uncovered a simple death from natural causes. But a closer inspection reveals ligature marks around the victim's throat - death is never that simple...

The Seagull is Ann Cleeves searing eighth novel in the bestselling Vera Stanhope series, about corruption deep in the heart of a community, and about fragile, and fracturing, family relationships.Shrewd. Smart. Challenging. Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope is on the case.When prison inmate and former police officer John Brace says he''s willing to give up information about a long-dead wheeler dealer in return for protection for his family, Vera knows that she has to look into his claims.But opening up this cold case strikes much closer to home than Vera anticipates as her investigation takes her back in time to The Seagull, a once decadent and now derelict nightclub where her deceased father and his friends used to congregate.As Vera''s past collides dangerously with the present, she will have to confront her unwanted memories and face the possibility that her father was involved in what happened. The truth is about to come out but is Vera ready for what it will reveal?

The Moth Catcher is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - now the major ITV detective drama Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn. 'This case was different from anything Vera had ever worked before. Two bodies, connected but not lying together. And nothing made her feel as alive as murder.' Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist named Patrick, to look after the place while they're away. But Patrick is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley - a beautiful, lonely place to die. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene, with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of the big house - where Patrick has a flat - she finds the body of a second man. All the two victims have in common is a fascination with moths - catching these beautiful, rare creatures. Those who live in the Valley Farm development have secrets too: Annie and Sam's daughter is due to be released from prison any day; Nigel watches, silently, every day, from his window. As Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes that there may be deadly secrets trapped here ...Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are The Crow Trap, Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices, The Glass Room and Harbour Street.

DCI Vera Stanhope returns in The Darkest Evening, the ninth novel in Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' enduringly popular series.

One of Britain's best crime writers' Daily ExpressVera Stanhope, star of ITVs Vera, returns in the tenth novel in number one bestseller Ann Cleeves acclaimed series.Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now, they still return every five years to celebrate their friendship, and remember the friend they lost to the rising waters of the causeway at the first reunion.Now, when one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then, and now . . .But with the tide rising, secrets long-hidden are finding their way to the surface, and Vera and the team may find themselves in more danger than they could have believed possible . . .

Comprehensive and featuring beautiful photographs Wild Flowers is a must have for all enthusiasts of the natural world by acclaimed photographer author and botanist Roger Phillips

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From Ann CleevesNew York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV showscomes the stunning new Vera Stanhope novel, The Darkest Evening."Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."Louise Penny"As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves latest. . . . A stunning debut for Cleeves latest crimefighter."David Baldacci on The Long CallOn the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat.

Now a major ITV series, The Long Call, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning David BaldacciThe number one Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, from author and creator of the Vera and Shetland series, Ann Cleeves soon to be a major TV series.North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coast-line. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter, Eve, is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases.Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. Hes a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved though to find that Eve is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.Then another body is found killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home . . .The Herons Cry is the second novel in Ann Cleeves Two Rivers series following her Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Call.