Description: The much-anticipated final entry in Cleeves' beloved Shetland Island series, which is now a major television triumph starring Douglas Henshall.
Brief description:
ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind three hit television series--Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, and The Long Call, starring Ben Aldridge--all of which are watched and loved in the United States. All three are available on BritBox.
The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She was awarded the OBE in 2022 for services to reading and libraries. Ann lives in the United Kingdom.Review Quotes:
Praise for Wild Fire:
"A fantastic end to one of the key detective series of the past decade."--Ragnar Jonasson, author of The Darkness "Intricately plotted and elegantly written, this installment is billed as Perez's final case. Series fans will be sorry to see the last of him."--Publishers Weekly (starred) "Compelling...Throughout the "Shetland Island" series, Cleeves lovingly depicts the Scottish island life, and this volume is no exception. Fans may be saddened but certainly not disappointed by this final installment."--Library Journal (starred) "The final case in this complex, character-driven series is a tour de force."--Kirkus Reviews "Wild Fire is one of the best books in her long series. It's the perfect end for this complex character wedded to this past and this place."--Globe and MailPraise for the Shetland Island series: "Nothing short of riveting." --Louise Penny "In true Christie fashion, Cleeves once more pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction." --Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series "Intricate and engrossing...offers readers the pleasures of the traditional locked room/isolated island mystery." --The Washington Post Book World "Every bit as good as we have come to expect from Cleeves." --Reviewing The Evidence
"Thin Air is perhaps the best and most compelling in the series so far." --Curled Up With a Good Book "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."--Booklist (starred) "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."--Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "Cleeves is in her element in this extraordinary landscape, with its old croft houses and modern oil fields--and water, water everywhere."--New York Times Book Review on Dead Water "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."--Booklist (starred) on Dead Water "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."--Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "...Enough to freeze the blood."--New York Times Book Review on Raven Black