Ann Cleeves is the author behind ITV’s Vera and BBC One’s Shetland. She has written over thirty novels, and is the creator of detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez – characters loved both on screen and in print. Her books have now sold millions of copies worldwide. In 2012 she was inducted into the CWA Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame and is the 2017 recipient of the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing. Ann lives in North Tyneside.
Genres: Mystery
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Series
George and Molly Palmer-Jones
1. A Bird In The Hand (1986)
2. Come Death and High Water (1987)
3. Murder In Paradise (1988)
4. A Prey To Murder (1989)
5. Sea Fever (1991)
6. Another Man's Poison (1992)
7. The Mill On The Shore (1994)
8. High Island Blues (1996)
1. A Bird In The Hand (1986)
2. Come Death and High Water (1987)
3. Murder In Paradise (1988)
4. A Prey To Murder (1989)
5. Sea Fever (1991)
6. Another Man's Poison (1992)
7. The Mill On The Shore (1994)
8. High Island Blues (1996)
Inspector Ramsay
1. A Lesson In Dying (1990)
2. Murder In My Backyard (1991)
3. A Day In The Death Of Dorothea Cassidy (1992)
4. Killjoy (1993)
5. The Healers (1995)
6. The Baby Snatcher (1997)
1. A Lesson In Dying (1990)
2. Murder In My Backyard (1991)
3. A Day In The Death Of Dorothea Cassidy (1992)
4. Killjoy (1993)
5. The Healers (1995)
6. The Baby Snatcher (1997)
Vera Stanhope
1. The Crow Trap (1999)
2. Telling Tales (2005)
3. Hidden Depths (2007)
4. Silent Voices (2011)
5. The Glass Room (2012)
6. Harbour Street (2014)
7. The Moth Catcher (2015)
8. The Seagull (2017)
8.5. Frozen (2020)
9. The Darkest Evening (2020)
9.5. The Woman on the Island (2022)
10. The Rising Tide (2022)
11. The Dark Wives (2024)
1. The Crow Trap (1999)
2. Telling Tales (2005)
3. Hidden Depths (2007)
4. Silent Voices (2011)
5. The Glass Room (2012)
6. Harbour Street (2014)
7. The Moth Catcher (2015)
8. The Seagull (2017)
8.5. Frozen (2020)
9. The Darkest Evening (2020)
9.5. The Woman on the Island (2022)
10. The Rising Tide (2022)
11. The Dark Wives (2024)
Shetland
1. Raven Black (2006)
2. White Nights (2008)
3. Red Bones (2009)
4. Blue Lightning (2010)
5. Dead Water (2013)
6. Thin Air (2014)
Shetland (2015)
Too Good To Be True (2016)
7. Cold Earth (2016)
8. Wild Fire (2018)
8.5. Missing in the Snow (2023)
1. Raven Black (2006)
2. White Nights (2008)
3. Red Bones (2009)
4. Blue Lightning (2010)
5. Dead Water (2013)
6. Thin Air (2014)
Shetland (2015)
Too Good To Be True (2016)
7. Cold Earth (2016)
8. Wild Fire (2018)
8.5. Missing in the Snow (2023)
Two Rivers
1. The Long Call (2019)
2. The Heron's Cry (2021)
2.5. The Girls on the Shore (2022)
3. The Raging Storm (2023)
1. The Long Call (2019)
2. The Heron's Cry (2021)
2.5. The Girls on the Shore (2022)
3. The Raging Storm (2023)
Novels
Collections
Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime (2013) (with others)
Offshore (2014)
Bloody Scotland (2017) (with others)
An Unnecessary Assassin (2023) (with others)
Offshore (2014)
Bloody Scotland (2017) (with others)
An Unnecessary Assassin (2023) (with others)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction show
Ann Cleeves recommends
Death at a Shetland Festival (2024)
(Shetland Mystery, book 12)
Marsali Taylor
"This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling."
The Death of Us (2023)
Lori Rader-Day
"I was up until 4:00am finishing The Death of Us. It's bloody brilliant. So sharp and tight and clear. I'm proud to have my name attached to it."
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