Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Quartet [Paperback]

The basis for the hit series Shetland now airing on PBS.

Winner of Britain's coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves'sRaven Blackintroduces a dazzling suspense series to U.S. mystery readers.

It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a splash of color on the frozen ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbor, Catherine Ross.

The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man--loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. But when detective Jimmy Perez and his colleagues from the mainland insist on opening out the investigation, a veil of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community. For the first time in years, Catherine's neighbors nervously lock their doors, while a killer lives on in their midst.

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind three hit television seriesShetland, starring Douglas Henshall,Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, andThe Long Call, starring Ben Aldridgeall 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.

A riveting read. Val McDermid

Chilling...enough to freeze the blood. Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Chilling...enough to freeze the blood. Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

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