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Raven black

Title:

Raven black

Author:

Cleeves, Ann, author.

Series:

Shetland Island ;

Series Number:

Summary:

It is a cold January morning and 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 Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream, the ravens continue their deadly dance. The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man: loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police 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 neighbours nervously lock their doors, whilst a killer lives on in their midst.

General Note:

Originally published: London : Macmillan, 2006.

Physical Description:

389 pages ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Perez, Jimmy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Police -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Scotland -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Pan Books,

Publication Date:

2015

2006

ISBN:

9781447274438

Publication Information:

London : Pan Books, 2015.

Call Number:

CLEEVES

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003273003	Adult Fiction	CLEEVES	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DIAMOND DAGGER AWARD 2017NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMAIt is a cold January morning and 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 Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream, the ravens continue their deadly dance ... The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man - loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police 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 neighbours nervously lock their doors, whilst a killer lives on in their midst. Raven Black is a haunting, beautifully crafted crime story, and establishes Ann Cleeves as a major talent in psychological crime writing.PRAISE FOR RAVEN BLACK"A riveting read." Val McDermid"Chilling ... enough to freeze the blood." New York Times

Author Notes

Ann Cleeves was born in 1954 in England. She studied English at Sussex University. She then became a British crime-writer. In 2006 she won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger which is the richest crime-writing prize in the world, for her novel Raven Black. She also writes The Vera Stanhope novels which have been transformed into the TV detective series 'Vera'. Her Jimmy Perez novels are dramatozed as the TV series 'Shetland'.

(Bowker Author Biography)