Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries (Shetland Island Mysteries, 1)
The basis for the hit series "Shetland" now airing on PBS.
Winner of Britain's coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves's Raven Black introduces a dazzling suspense series to U.S. mystery readers. It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a splash of color on the frozen ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbor, Catherine Ross. The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man--loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. But when detective Jimmy Perez and his colleagues from the mainland 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 neighbors nervously lock their doors, while a killer lives on in their midst.Show more
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Wow, that didn’t go like I expected at all. In this mystery/murder investigation set on a remote island in the North Sea, e are le to believe that everyone knows their neighbor’s business. Except when they don’t. We are faced with the deaths of two girls, separated by many years. Is it the same killer? Investigators from mainland Scotland come in to help, but it’s the local cop that is connected to the community enough to get the pieces of the story.
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Didn’t see this one coming! Was a little different listen….really keeps you guessing until the end.
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