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Author
Series
Shetland Island volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a young archaeologist's discovery of human remains that may be modern, Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate a case that is further complicated by the subsequent murder of an elderly woman.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From Ann Cleeves--bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows--comes the first in a gripping new series. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."--Louise Penny In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. Once loved and cherished, the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community...
3) The seagull
Author
Series
A Vera Stanhope mystery volume Book 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Vera Stanhope comes face-to-face with an old enemy, former detective superintendent, John Brace, who is now in prison due a corruption conviction. Brace promises Vera information about the disappearance of Robbie Marshall, a notorious wheeler-dealer, if she will look out for his family, but not is all as it seems.
4) Thin air
Author
Series
Shetland Island mysteries volume 6
Language
English
Description
When a woman mysteriously disappears, Detectives Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves are assigned to the case and discover that the victim had an unhealthy and obsessive interest in a cold case involving the drowning of a local child.
5) Wild fire
Author
Series
Shetland Island mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Hoping for a fresh start, an English family moves to the remote Shetland islands, eager to give their autistic son a better life. But when a young nanny's body is found hanging in the barn beside their home, rumors of her affair with the husband spread like wildfire. As suspicion and resentment of the family blazes in the community, detective Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate.
Author
Series
A Vera Stanhope mystery volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Vera Stanhope hopes she's discovered just a simple natural-causes death when the body of a woman is found in the sauna room of her local gym--but subsequent inspection reveals strangulation bruises. Vera and her team soon uncover details in the victim's past that could explain her untimely death; but Vera knows there's no such thing as a simple case, and this one gets more baffling by the minute.
7) Cold earth
Author
Series
Shetland Island mysteries volume Book 7
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a landslide in the dark days of a Shetland winter destroys a house in which the body of a mysterious woman in a red silk dress is found, Jimmy Perez becomes obsessed with identifying the woman and discovering how she actually died.