Raven Black
$31.50
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
24 February 2026
Summary
Introducing Inspector Jimmy Perez, Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves’ bestselling Shetland series - a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall.
A remote community with a killer in their midst …
On New Year’s Day, Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter’s eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour. As Fran opens her mouth to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035097821 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035097826 |
| Author: | Ann Cleeves |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 24 February 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Shetland |
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Critics Review
Rarely has a sense of place been so evocatively conveyed in a crime novel * Daily Express *
A very good writer * The Times *
Cleeves weaves an absorbingly cunning mystery * Daily Mail *
An excellent series * Guardian *
A fine writer * Sunday Telegraph *
Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV’s The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.
Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021, her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. She lives in Northumberland where the Vera books are set.
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