Na malém ostrůvku v souostroví Shetlandy zná každý každého, a když je za chladného lednového dne nalezena uškrcená mladá dívka, rázem je všem jasné, že vrahem nemůže být nikdo jiný než starý podivín Magnus. Už jednou na něj padlo podezření, poté co pár let předtím zmizela jiná malá dívenka, jejíž tělo zmizelo. Nic jim neříkej, poradila tehdy Magnusovi jeho matka; zdá se ale, jako by se její rady drželi všichni obyvatelé ostrova. Pravda o skutečném vrahovi tak vychází najevo ztěžka a pomalu, o to je však v závěru překvapivější. Za kriminální román Černý krkavec obdržela Ann Cleevesová (autorka série Vera) celosvětově nejprestižnější žánrové ocenění Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award.
Shetlandské ostrovy Série
Tato série detektivních románů vás zavede na odlehlé a drsné Shetlandské ostrovy, kde se odehrávají napínavé a komorní záhady. Příběhy sledují inspektora Jimmyho Pereze, který zná místní komunitu do hloubky. Severská atmosféra a bohatý popis života na ostrově dodávají vyšetřování jedinečný charakter a hloubku.
Doporučené pořadí čtení
A thrilling Shetland novel following Raven Black.
Sometimes the dead won't stay buried . . .Red Bones is the third book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - which is now the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall, SHETLAND. When an elderly woman is shot in what appears to be a tragic accident, Shetland detective Jimmy Perez is called to investigate the mystery. The sparse landscape and the emptiness of the sea have bred a fierce and secretive people. As Jimmy looks to the islanders for answers, he finds instead two feuding families whose envy, greed and bitterness have lasted generations. Then there's another murder and, as the spring weather shrouds the island in claustrophobic mists, Jimmy must dig up old secrets to stop a new killer from striking again . . . Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, Red Bones, Blue Lightning and Dead Water. Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series (ITV television drama VERA) contains five titles, of which The Glass Room is the most recent.
Murder can strike more than once...Blue Lightning is the fourth book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - which is now the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall, SHETLAND. With the autumn storms raging, Fair Isle feels cut off from the rest of the world. Trapped, tension is high and tempers become frayed. Enough to drive someone to murder . . . A woman's body is discovered at the renowned Fair Isles bird observatory, with feathers threaded through her hair. The islanders react with fear and anger. Detective Jimmy Perez has no support from the mainland and must investigate the old-fashioned way. He soon realizes that this is no crime of passion - but a murder of cold and calculated intention. There's no way off the island until the storms abate - and so the killer is also trapped, just waiting for the opportunity to strike again. Also available in the Shetland series are Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones and Dead Water. Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series (ITV television drama VERA) contains five titles, of which The Glass Room is the most recent.
When the body of journalist Jerry Markham is found in a traditional Shetland boat, outside the house of the Fiscal down at the Marina, young Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted in from the Hebrides to head up the investigation.
In the sixth installment of the Shetland series, a group of university friends travels from London to Unst, Shetland's northernmost island, to celebrate a wedding. However, the festivities take a dark turn when Eleanor, one of the friends, mysteriously disappears during the party. The next day, her friend Polly receives an email that appears to be a suicide note, suggesting Eleanor will never be found alive. Soon after, Eleanor's body is discovered near a cliffside loch. Detectives Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves are called to investigate the case. Before her disappearance, Eleanor had been fixated on the ghost of a local child who drowned in the 1920s, raising concerns among her friends about her mental state. As the detectives delve deeper, they suspect that Eleanor's death may be linked to a long-buried secret tied to the island's history. This gripping narrative examines the complex interplay between tradition and modernity within the community, revealing how past events can have profound and tragic repercussions in the present. The Shetland series also includes titles such as Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, and Dead Water.
In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Lerwick-Sumburgh road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. In his mind, she shares his Mediterranean ancestry and soon he becomes obsessed with tracing her identity. Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit the house. Perez knows he must find out who she was, and how she died.
Wild Fire
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Wild Fire is the eighth, and final book, in Ann Cleeves' bestselling Shetland series - a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall as Jimmy Perez. Shetland: Welcoming. Wild. Remote. Drawn in by the reputation of the islands, a new English family move to the area, eager to give their autistic son a better life. But when a young nanny's body is found hanging in the barn of their home, rumours of her affair with the husband begin to spread like wild fire. With suspicion raining down on the family, DI Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate. For him it will mean returning to the islands of his on-off lover and boss Willow Reeves, who will run the case. Perez is already facing the most disturbing investigation of his career, when Willow drops a bombshell that will change his life forever. Is he ready for what is to come?
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When young teacher Anna Blackwell is found dead in her home, the police think her death was suicide or a tragic accident. After all, Stonebridge is a quiet country village in the Scottish Borders, where murders just don't happen. But Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez soon arrives from far-away Shetland when his ex-wife, Sarah, asks him to look into the case. The local gossips are saying that her new husband, Tom, was having an affair with Anna. Could Tom have been involved with her death? Sarah refuses to believe it - but needs proof. Anna had been a teacher. She must have loved kids. Would she kill herself knowing there was nobody to look after her daughter? She had seemed happier than ever before she died. And to Perez, this suggests not suicide, but murder ..
