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Ann Cleeves

Author

Bio

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind two hit television series—Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, and Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn—both of which are watched and loved in the United States.

Shetland and Vera are available on BritBox in the United States. An adaptation of The Long Call, the first book in her Two Rivers series, premiered on BritBox in 2021.

The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She lives in the United Kingdom.

Ann Cleeves Books

A Lesson in Dying book cover

A Lesson in Dying

Ann Cleeves
The Sleeping and the Dead book cover

The Sleeping and the Dead

Ann Cleeves
Murder in My Backyard book cover

Murder in My Backyard

Ann Cleeves
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy book cover

A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy

Ann Cleeves
Burial of Ghosts book cover

Burial of Ghosts

Ann Cleeves
Killjoy book cover

Killjoy

Ann Cleeves
Playing Dead book cover

Playing Dead

Martin Edwards
A Bird in the Hand book cover

A Bird in the Hand

Ann Cleeves
Murder in Paradise book cover

Murder in Paradise

Ann Cleeves
Come Death and High Water book cover

Come Death and High Water

Ann Cleeves
A Prey to Murder book cover

A Prey to Murder

Ann Cleeves
Sea Fever book cover

Sea Fever

Ann Cleeves
High Island Blues book cover

High Island Blues

Ann Cleeves
The Mill on the Shore book cover

The Mill on the Shore

Ann Cleeves
Another Man’s Poison book cover

Another Man’s Poison

Ann Cleeves
The Dark Wives book cover

The Dark Wives

Ann Cleeves
Ink and Daggers book cover

Ink and Daggers

Maxim Jakubowski
The Raging Storm book cover

The Raging Storm

Ann Cleeves
The Rising Tide book cover

The Rising Tide

Ann Cleeves
The Woman on the Island book cover

The Woman on the Island

Ann Cleeves
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