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b>Ann Cleeves' bestselling series of crime novels, featuring Detective Jimmy Perez, now also adapted for a major BBC television series, draw their inspiration from the place in which they take place: Shetland. In this gloriously illustrated companion to her novels, Ann Cleeves takes readers through a year on Shetland, learning about its past, meeting its people, celebrating its festivals and seeing how the flora and fauna of the islands changes with the seasons./b>An archipelago of more than a hundred islands, it is the one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom. Its fifteen hundred miles of shore mean that wherever one stands, there is a view of the sea. It has sheltered voes and beaches and dramatically exposed cliffs, lush meadows full of wild flowers in the summer and bleak hilltops where only the hardiest of plants will grow. It is a place where traditions are valued and celebrated, but new technologies and ways of working are also embraced. Whether it is the drama of the Viking fire festival of Up Helly Aa in winter, or the piercing blue and hot pink of spring flowers on the clifftops, the long, white nights of midsummer or the fierce gales and high tides of autumn, Shetland is vividly captured in all its bleak and special beauty.
Table des matières
Introduction - i: Introduction Chapter - 1: Winter Chapter - 2: Spring Chapter - 3: Summer Chapter - 4: Autumn Chapter - 5: Conclusion Chapter - 6: Map of Shetland Acknowledgements - ii: AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Section - iii: PICTURE CREDITS
A propos de l'auteur
Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels, and 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 has been a National Libraries Day Ambassador. Ann lives in North Tyneside, near where the Vera books are set.
