When fifteen-year-old Marilyn Howe turns up alone and frightened on Inspector Ramsay's doorstep he has little choice but to invite her in. Marilyn and her mother, Kathleen, are a familiar sight around Heppleburn, a strangely inseparable couple. But Kathleen has unaccountably failed to return home th[...]
News of the murder first came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning. He was in a meeting, one of the endless meetings the Chief Superintendent regularly called, and the summons from Sergeant Gordon Hunter came as a relief. They found middle-aged farmer Ernie Bowles lying on his kitchen[...]
West Country Wildlife's birdwatching package to America has presented tour guide Rob Earle with the perfect opportunity for a reunion with his old college friends Mick Brownscombe, now working in Texas as an environmental consultant, and Oliver Adamson. It is the first time in twenty years the three[...]
For Dorothea Cassidy Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, and would plan to visit people she wanted to see as a welcome respite from the routine duties that being a vicar's wife entailed. But one Thursday in June was to be more special than[...]
In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted-a murderer ...Young Tom French was found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck. One of the best birders in England, Tom had put the village of Rushy on the birdwat[...]
Come Death and High Water is the second novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. The privately-owned island of Gillibry off the North Devon coast is the perfect site for murder. A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird [...]
The honeymoon was over ...and Jim and his English bride, Sarah, had come home to Kinness to settle down. But first there was to be one huge celebration for the newlyweds, with the whole island present. And before the party was over, there would be a shockingly unexpected death. Somehow, in the dark [...]
Who hanged the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Hallowe'en Party? Almost everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the viper-tongued Harold Medburn. Inspector Ramsay is convinced it was the headmaster's enigmatic wife but Jack Robson, school governor and caretaker, is dete[...]
No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry ...But here she is, murdered in her own backyard on a bitter St. David's Eve. And when detective Stephen Ramsay starts asking questions in the village, a more ambiguous picture begins to emerge. Yes, old Mrs. Parry was loved by everyone, b[...]
Gus Lynch is directing the Youth Theatre through a rehearsal. The cast is in place but the female lead, Gabriella Paston, is missing. Later that evening her body is discovered in the boot of Gus's car. Detective Inspector Stephen Ramsay and Sergeant Gordon Hunter are assigned to head the murder enqu[...]
Romanens handling er lagt til Shetlandsøyene. En kald vintermorgen finner Fran Hunter naboen sin, tenåringen Catherine Ross, kvalt og drept. Lokalbefolkninga mistenker umiddelbart einstøingen Magnus Tait, men politiet insisterer på å undersøke alle muligheter, og dette fører til at ei uhyggel[...]
Høststormene raser og havet står i kok da politietterforsker Jimmy Perez ankommer Fair Isle med sin forlovede, Fran, for å la henne få oppleve øya han kommer fra. I det lille øysamfunnet kjenner alle hverandre. Utenforstående tas vel imot, men holdes litt på avstand. Det forelskede paret h[...]
Høststormene raser og havet står i kok da politietterforsker Jimmy Perez ankommer Fair Isle med samboeren Fran, for å la henne få oppleve øya han kommer fra. I det lille øysamfunnet kjenner alle hverandre. Utenforstående tas vel imot, men holdes litt på avstand. Det holdes en fest for pare[...]
Krimi. Vicekriminalkommissær Jimmy Perez fra Shetlandsøerne får denne gang to mord på hånden, da en mand ved en fernisering pludselig kaster sig grædende på knæ, påstår at have hukommelsestab og kort derefter findes hængt. Det andet mord følger kort efter[...]
Vicekriminalkommissær Jimmy Perez rejser hjem til sin fødeø, Fair Isle, for at præsentere sin forlovede, Fran, for sine forældre. EfterÃ¥rsstormen raser, og Fair Isle er isoleret. Ãboerne føler sig fanget, og spændingerne vokser. Nok til at drive nogen til mord . Besøget[...]
Rødt støver 3. bind i Ann Cleeves´ populære Shetlandskvartet.
En ø dækket af tåge. Et lille lukket samfund med skæbnesvangre hemmeligheder. Alle indbyggerne på Shetlandsøen Whalsay synes, det er spændende, da en ung arkæolog finder et skelet under en u[...]
»Cleeves anbefales varmt.«
- Weekendavisen
»Plottet holder hele vejen - ligesom spændingen.«
- Jydske Vestkysten
»Sort som Ravnen er ikke kun en stille, smuk og spændende krimi, men også et indbydende postkort fra Shetlandsøerne.«
- Politiken
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»Det var ingen vind, så hun kunne ikke sejle for sejl, men selv når hun sejlede for motor, blev hun aldrig træt af udsigten. Man får kun et ordentligt indtryk af Shetlandsøerne fra søsiden. Så kastede hun et blik ned i den åbne båd. En mand lå henover tofterne. Han havde lyst hår, og hud[...]
Första romanen i ny serie med den excentriska hjältinnan Vera Stanhope - snart som TV-serie!
En sommarkväll när Julie Armstrong kommer hem hittar hon sin tonårsson död i badkaret. Polisen uppdagar att han blivit strypt och sedan placerad i det vattenfyllda badkaret som smyckats m[...]
En ung mamma förälskar sig i en kontrollerande äldre man. Kort därefter drunknar hennes lille son i ett badkar. Ett år senare hittas socialsekreteraren som arbetat med fallet strypt i ett badhus. Den som finner kvinnan är Vera Stanhope: kriminalkommissarien som arbetar för mycket, väger för[...]
I ett gammalt hus på engelska landsbygden samlas en grupp människor med författardrömmar. Här i den pittoreska gröna omgivningen ska de tillsammans inspireras till att skriva. Temat för kursen är spänningslitteratur. Men snart krackelerar idyllen. En dag hittas en av lärarna, en känd tv-p[...]
I ett gammalt hus på engelska landsbygden samlas en grupp människor med författardrömmar. Här i den pittoreska, gröna omgivningen ska de tillsammans inspireras till att skriva. Temat för kursen är spänningslitteratur. Men snart krackelerar idyllen. En dag hittas en av lärarna, en känd tv-[...]
Första delen i ny kvartett från Shetlandsöarna, med samma huvudperson: Jimmy Perez!
En journalist hittas död i en båt i marinan nedanför åklagarens hus på den största av Shetlandsöarna. Det blir den unga Willow Reeves från en ö i Yttre Hebriderna som får hand om fallet, eftersom [...]