Raven Black: The Shetland Series 1
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Publisher Description
Introducing Inspector Jimmy Perez. Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves' bestselling Shetland series – now a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall.
A remote community with a killer in their midst . . .
On New Year’s Day, Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour. As Fran opens her mouth to scream, the ravens continue their deadly dance . . .
The body is found close to the home of a lonely outcast and local suspicion falls firmly on him. But when Inspector Jimmy Perez insists on broadening the search for suspects, a veil of distrust and fear is thrown over the entire community. As the case develops, Perez finds himself peering deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go.
The case files of Jimmy Perez continue in White Nights, the thrilling second Shetland novel.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
With the number of Shetland Island novels now in the double digits, those remote, Scandinavian-flavoured isles off the north coast of Scotland are obviously the perfect location for investigating a murder. In Raven Black, the very first instalment in the series, we join Inspector Jimmy Perez as he attempts to solve the killing of a teenage girl whose body was found in a field on New Year’s Day. Right from the beginning, renowned mystery author Ann Cleeves and equally renowned narrator Kenny Blyth bring the isolated setting and its insular suspects to life, with all the claustrophobia, intensity and mistrust of outsiders that scenario entails. These books have also inspired a long-running TV series.
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