Dead Water Spiral-Bound | 2015-02-14

Ann Cleeves

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The eagerly awaited new entry in Ann Cleeves's beloved mystery series set in the Shetland Islands, now airing on BBC as the enormously popular television series Shetland

Ann Cleeves--whose books have now sold over 1 million copies worldwide--returns to her critically acclaimed Shetland Island Mysteries with this stunning mystery featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, who readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, and Blue Lightning. When the body of a journalist is found, Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted from outside to head up the investigation. Inspector Jimmy Perez has been out of the loop, but his local knowledge is needed in this case, and he decides to help Willow. The dead journalist had left the islands years before to pursue his writing career. In his wake, he left a scandal involving a young girl. When Willow and Jimmy dig deeper, they realize that the journalist was chasing a story that many Shetlanders didn't want to come to the surface. In this triumphant continuation to her Shetland series, Ann Cleeves cements her place as one of Britain's most successful crime writers.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 416 pages
ISBN-10: 1250060958
Item Weight: 0.8 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.0 x 8.3 inches
Praise for Dead Water:
"Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's character keeps deepening with each book. The rough islands cresting the Atlantic fit the bleakness of the murders depicted here." --Booklist (starred)

"Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page." --Publishers Weekly

"Cleeves returns to a sea-bound land of crofters' cottages, barren rocks and fog, especially the fog surrounding the murders...the well-constructed procedural gains another dimension from Jimmy's re-engagement with his work and his life." --Kirkus Reviews

ANN CLEEVES writes two series of traditional mysteries, both of which have been turned into hit TV series. The Vera Stanhope books star Brenda Blethyn and have been made into the hit series "Vera." The Shetland novels feature Inspector Jimmy Perez and are being filmed by the BBC and titled "Shetland." Raven Black, the first Shetland novel, won the CWA Gold Dagger. The author lives in England, and is very active in both library and literacy programs.