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Cold earth / by Cleeves, Ann,author.;
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.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Perez, Jimmy (Fictitious character); Murder; Police;
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Wild fire / by Cleeves, Ann,author.;
Shetland: Welcoming. Wild. Remote. Drawn in by the reputation of the islands, an 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, knowing that it will mean the return to the islands of his on-off lover and boss Willow Reeves, who will run the case. Perez is facing the most disturbing investigation of his career. Is he ready for what is to come?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Perez, Jimmy (Fictitious character); Police;
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Shetland. [videorecording] / by Henshall, Douglas,1965-actor.; O'Donnell, Alison,actor.; Robertson, Steven,actor.; Cleeves, Ann,actor.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.,publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson.Award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves' bestselling detective series returns for a fourth season as DI Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall, Primeval) faces a gripping new single mystery. When Thomas Malone has his murder conviction overturned after 23 years behind bars, DI Perez has to reopen the investigation into the 1994 death of local teenager Lizzie Kilmuir.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Police; Detectives; Criminal investigation;
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Shetland. [videorecording] / by Cleeves, Ann.; Henshall, Douglas,1965-; O'Donnell, Alison.; Robertson, Steven.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Red bones -- Raven black -- Blue lightning -- Dead water.Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson.Eight puzzling murder cases keep good-natured Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez busy, and keep one guessing, in the breathtakingly beautiful Shetland Islands. Among the mysteries Perez is confronted with are a local recluse who looks like the obvious suspect in the murder of a teenage girl until another corpse and a secret hiding place reveal new clues; a journalist's fatal car accident seems suspicious after Perez discovers the driver was researching plans for a controversial new gas pipeline.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Police;
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Shetland. [videorecording] / by Henshall, Douglas,1965-actor.; Kane, David,1961-screenwriter.; Logue, Paul,screenwriter.; O'Donnell, Alison,actor.; Robertson, Steven,actor.; television adaptation of (work):Cleeves, Ann.Shetland series.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.,publisher,distributor.; ITV Studios,production company.;
Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson.Douglas Henshall returns as DI Jimmy Perez in the latest installment of this acclaimed long-running crime series inspired by Ann Cleeves' bestselling novels. When a severed human hand washes up in a Shetland beach, Perez and his team face a disturbing new investigation. The victim is identified as a young Nigerian man, spotted in Lerwick a few days before, but what was he doing on the island? As Perez edges closer to a sinister truth stretching far beyond Shetland's shores, drawing him into a desperate search for a vulnerable young woman.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Detectives; Police;
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A lesson in dying / by Cleeves, Ann,author.;
The first gripping mystery novel in the 'Inspector Ramsay' series by NYT-bestseller Ann Cleeves, author of the 'Vera Stanhope', 'Shetland', and 'Two Rivers' series. Inspector Stephen Ramsay is called to investigate the suspicious death of headmaster Harold Medburn in the close-knit Northumberland community. But, who could have hanged the headmaster in the school playground on the night of the Halloween Party? And why? Almost everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the viper-tongued Harold Medburn. Inspector Ramsay is convinced the headmaster's enigmatic wife is the culprit, but the school caretaker, Jack Robson, is determined to prove her innocence. With the help of his restless daughter Patty, Jack digs into the secrets of Heppleburn, and uncovers a cesspit of lies, adultery, blackmail and madness.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Police; Ramsay, Stephen (Fictitious character);
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Shetland. [videorecording] / by Henshall, Douglas,1965-actor.; O'Donnell, Alison,actor.; Robertson, Steven,actor.; Cleeves, Ann,actor.; BBC Worldwide Ltd,publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson.Award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves' bestselling detective series returns for a third season as DI Jimmy Perez faces a gripping new single mystery. When a young man disappears on the overnight ferry to Shetland, the team embark on a challenging case that leads them from the suspicious close-knit communities of the remote Shetland Islands to Perez's old stomping grounds in Glasgow. As they start to unpick this increasingly complex conspiracy, Perez is aided by, and becomes romantically involved with, enigmatic police official Asha. But he is unprepared for the ruthlessness of his adversaries, who are willing to take an appalling step to protect their interests: one that will have a devastating effect on them all.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Police; Criminal investigation;
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The Killing Stones : The Return of Jimmy Perez. by Cleeves, Ann.;
Detective Jimmy Perez returns in The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of the Vera, Shetland, and Two Rivers series.When a violent storm descends upon the Orkney Islands, the body of Archie Stout is left behind in its wake. An unusual murder weapon, a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions, is found discarded nearby.Archie was a popular, larger-than-life character, making his death a shocking blow to the community.Detective Jimmy Perez, no stranger to the complexity of human nature and the darkness it can harbour, is soon on the scene. He counted Archie as a childhood friend, making this case more personal than most. Now living in Orkney with his partner Willow and their son, Perez is soon drawn into the lives of the islanders, many of whom carry secrets. Dark secrets that could have led to the man's murder.Here, in these ancient lands where history runs deep, Perez must discern the truth from legend before a desperate and dangerous killer strikes again.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Crime; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; FICTION / Thrillers / Crime;
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Murder in Paradise [electronic resource] : by Cleeves, Ann.aut; cloudLibrary;
Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again Murder in Paradise is the third mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. Cheerful festivities take a dark turn when the groom’s sister slips and tumbles to the perilous rocks below . . . Newlyweds Jim and Sarah are welcomed home from their honeymoon to the Scottish island of Kinness with a huge celebration, and the whole island is present to witness the bitter end. But did Jim’s younger sister Mary fall? Or was she pushed? George Palmer-Jones, retired birdwatcher and amateur detective, suspects the latter. But proving it will be difficult – no one wants to upset the balance of the island’s ancient relationships. There are definitely secrets being hidden, and George, helped by Sarah, begin to piece together a tragic story he wishes he had never heard. Kinness is a paradise lost . . .General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Amateur Sleuth; Cozy; Crime; Small Town & Rural;
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The raging storm / by Cleeves, Ann,author.;
"Detective Matthew Venn returns in The Raging Storm, the next captivating novel in the Two Rivers series from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and Shetland. When Jem Rosco--sailor, adventurer and local legend--blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. The residents think nothing of it when Rosco disappears again; that's the sort of man he is. Until the lifeboat is launched to a hoax call-out during a raging storm and his body is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own. This is an uncomfortable case for DI Matthew Venn. He came to the remote village as a child, its community populated by the Barum Brethren that he parted ways with, so when superstition and rumour mix and another body is found in the cove, Matthew soon finds his judgement clouded. As the stormy winds howl and the village is cut off, Venn and his team start their investigation, little realizing their own lives might be in danger ... "--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Gay detectives; Murder; Police;
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