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Raven Black

By Ann Cleeves
Series: Shetland
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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... Read More
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Raven Black is the first book in the Shetland series from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and the Two Rivers series. When a woman is found dead in the snow, Inspector Jimmy Perez must fight suspicion and rumours to uncover the truth . . .

Raven Black is the first book in the Shetland series, from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of the Vera, Shetland and Two Rivers series.

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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 scream, the ravens continue their deadly dance . . . The body is found close to the home of a lonely outcast, and local suspicion falls firmly on him. But when Inspector Jimmy Perez insists on broadening the search for suspects, a veil of distrust and fear is thrown over the entire community. As the case develops, Perez finds himself peering deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go. Also available in the Shetland series are White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, Dead Water, Thin Air, Cold Earth and Wild Fire.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035097821

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

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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