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Zusatztext Ann's characterization is worthy of the best writers in the field Informationen zum Autor Ann Cleeves is the author of forty 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 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. In 2022, she was awarded an OBE for her services to reading and libraries. She lives in Northumberland. Klappentext Shetland.Welcoming. Wild. Remote.Drawn in by the reputation of the islands, an English family move to the area, eager to give their autistic son a better life.But when a young nanny's body is found hanging in the barn of their home, rumours of her affair with the husband begin to spread like wild fire.With suspicion raining down on the family, DI Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate, knowing that it will mean the return to the islands of his on-off lover and boss Willow Reeves, who will run the case.Perez is facing the most disturbing investigation of his career. Is he ready for what is to come?Praise for Ann Cleeves' Shetland series 'Breaks the conventional mould of British crime-writing, while retaining the traditional virtues of strong narrative and careful plotting'Independent 'Ann's characterization is worthy of the best writers in the field . . . Rarely has a sense of place been so evocatively conveyed in a crime novel'Daily Express www.anncleeves.comfacebook.com/AnnCleeves@AnnCleeves Fiction£12.99 Zusammenfassung From Sunday Times top five bestseller Ann Cleeves - the captivating eighth novel in the Shetland Series featuring DI Jimmy Perez....
