Ann's success was announced at the 2006 Dagger Awards ceremony at the Waldorf Hilton, in London's Aldwych, on Thursday 29 June 2006. Winner of two Scottish Baftas: Shetland itself won best television drama, and Douglas Henshall, who plays detective inspector Jimmy Perez, was named best television actor. 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. Harbour Street is the next spellbinding installment in Ann Cleeves' series of crime novels about Vera Stanhope, played in the TV detective drama VERA by Brenda Blethyn. However, her hippy neighbors keep her well-supplied with homebrew and conversation so that she is more open to them than others.

Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids. But the party’s over when Mick the introvert who surprisingly got the girl they all wanted years ago is murdered. Inspector Jimmy Perez delves deep into the island's past to uncover the truth in a suspenseful, atmospheric story that will keep you hooked. But murdered she unquestionably was; and from the outset Inspector Stephen Ramsay is hard put to figure out why, let alone who. Working with Sergeant Joe Ashworth, she starts the hunt for a murderer who is artistic as well as deadly.Ann Cleeves will be donating her royalties from the sale of this edition of Blue Lightning to support the Fair Isle Bird Observatory. Now, years later, his body has just been found in a traditional Shetland boat, outside the house of the local public prosecutor, and young Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted in to head up the investigation with the help of Inspector Jimmy Perez who is still reeling from the death of his fiancée. Yes, her two nephews were devoted to her, but they didn’t really want her interfering in their rather complicated personal lives. It's midsummer in the Shetland Islands, the time of the white nights, when birds sing at midnight and the sun never sets. Whether it is the drama of the Viking fire festival of Up Helly Aa in winter, or the piercing blue and hot pink of spring flowers on the clifftops, the long, white nights of midsummer or the fierce gales and high tides of autumn, Shetland is vividly captured in all its bleak and special beauty.

Marilyn and her mother, Kathleen, are a familiar sight around Heppleburn, a strangely inseparable couple.

This gripping mystery unfolds amidst the winds of uncertainty and danger in a remote coastal village. It was Eleanor Masefield ‘s idea to sponsor an Open Day at her beautiful Grose Hill Hotel a celebration designed to raise funds for the protection of the local peregrine falcons that had been her late husband’s obsession. The suspenseful and atmospheric thrillers are perfect for a cold winter night when you want to curl up with a good book. With the driver’s door open, Vera assumes the driver has sought shelter, but when she inspects the car she is shocked to find a young toddler strapped in the back seat.