Bøger af Ann Cleeves

Leder du efter en ny krimiserie? Er du fan af Elly Griffiths og Robert Galbraith? Så er der godt nyt! Døden på stranden er første bind i en ny serie af Ann Cleeves, som er kvinden bag den populære tv-serie "Vera". Som altid inddrager Cleeves på mesterlig vis de smukke omgivelser og lader dem danne baggrund for en atmosfærefyldt og overraskende krimiintrige. Kriminalbetjent Matthew Venn har netop deltaget i sin fars begravelse efter ikke at have haft kontakt med ham i mange år. Da Matthew forlod det strengt religiøse miljø, han voksede op i, vendte hans familie ham nemlig ryggen. Men nu, foran kirken, modtager han et opkald fra en kollega. Der er fundet et lig af en mand på stranden i nærheden. Manden er blevet stukket ned med en kniv. Ingen ved, hvem han er. Hans eneste kendetegn er en tatovering af en albatros. Sagen fører Matthew direkte tilbage til det miljø, han troede, han havde lagt bag sig, og mens hans fortid kolliderer med nutiden, afdækker han en række dødbringende hemmeligheder i det lille, sammentømrede samfund. Døden på stranden er klassisk britisk krimi, når den er allerbedst.

&i>Sunday Times&/i> bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the second in a brand new series set in North Devon and featuring Detective Matthew Venn. &i>The Herons Cry &/i>is the second book in the Two Rivers series following on from &i>The Long Call.&/i>

Shetland.Inviterende.Vild.Afsides. Værende tiltrukket af omdømmet flytter en engelsk familie til området, ivrige efter at give deres autistiske søn en bedre tilværelse.Men da en ung barnepiges krop bliver fundet hængende i deres lade, begynder rygterne om hende og mandens affære at sprede sig som løbeild. Med mistanken åndende familien i nakken, bliver Jimmy Perez tilkaldt som efterforsker, vel vidende om, at det vil betyde,at hans on-off elsker og chef, Willow Reeves,vender tilbage til øerne for at lede sagen. Perez er oppe mod den mest skæbnesvangre efterforskning i sin karriere. Er han klar til det,der er på vej? Løbeild er den ottende og sidste bog i Ann Cleeves bedstsælgende Shetland-serie, der er filmatiseret af BBC og følges af millioner af seere over hele verden.

Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Two Rivers series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the tenth in the acclaimed Northumbrian set Vera Stanhope series, following on from The Darkest Evening, in which a school reunion turns deadly as the tide rises on Holy Island.

Winner of the 2017 Crime Writers' Association Diamond DaggerVera Stanhope will return in The SeagullThe Crow Trap is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn, Vera. Three very different women come together at isolated Baikie's Cottage on the North Pennines, to complete an environmental survey. Three women who each know the meaning of betrayal . . . Rachael, the team leader, is still reeling after a double betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Anne, a botanist, sees the survey as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman, hiding plenty of her own secrets. Rachael is the first to arrive at the cottage, where she discovers the body of her friend, Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide - a verdict Rachael refuses to accept. When another death occurs, a fourth woman enters the picture - the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope . . . Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices and The Glass Room. Ann Cleeves' Shetland series (BBC television drama SHETLAND) contains five titles, of which Dead Water is the most recent.

Det er en usædvanligt varm sommer i North Devon, og turisterne strømmer til kysten. Vicekriminalkommissær Matthew Venn bliver kaldt ud til et gerningssted på en landlig ejendom beboet af en gruppe kunstnere. Her finder han et nøje iscenesat mord: En lokal læge, Dr. Yeo, er blevet dræbt med et skår fra en glasvase, som hans glaspusterdatter har lavet. Dr. Yeo virker som et usandsynligt mordoffer. Han var en god mand, forgudet af sin datter og vellidt i lokalmiljøet, hvor han kæmpede for patienternes rettigheder. Da man finder endnu et lig, dræbt på samme måde som det første, må Matthew Venn træde varsomt og navigere med snilde i de mange løgne, der gemmer sig under overfladen i det lille lokalsamfund. Og sagen går faretruende tæt på hans eget privatliv. Hejrens skrig er andet selvstændige bind i serien om kriminalkommissær Matthew Venn. En overraskende og stemningsfuld krimi fra det nordlige Devons naturskønne omgivelser. Første bind i serien, Døden på stranden, findes nu som tv-serie, ligesom de populære tv-serier Vera og Shetland.

The ninth novel in the Vera Stanhope series from the Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves; now a major TV series from ITV.

The Sleeping and the Dead is a tense psychological crime thriller from CWA Gold Dagger award-winning writer, Ann Cleeves.Detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Lake where the body of a teenager has been discovered. After trawling through the missing persons files, he deduces that the corpse is Michael Grey, an enigmatic and secretive young man who was reported missing by his foster parents in 1972. For country prison officer Hannah Morton it is the shock of her life. Michael had been her boyfriend, and she had been with him the night he disappeared. The news report that a body has been found brings back dreaded and long buried memories from her past . . .

Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series, Ann Cleeves returns with the first in a brand new series set in North Devon and featuring Detective Matthew Venn. In this rural idyll, where two rivers meet, crime is always there waiting to rise from the water.

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Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series - filmed as the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall, Shetland.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.Also available in the Shetland series are White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, Dead Water and Thin Air.

Mørk muld er det syvende bind i Ann Cleeves’ Shetland-serie. Serien er en stor succes, både i bogform og som BBC’s storslåede tv-serie. I de mørke vinterdage på Shetlandsøerne sætter flere måneders kraftig regn gang i et jordskred. Jordmasserne vælter hen over hovedvejen mellem Lerwick og Sumburgh og videre ned til havet. Jimmy Perez ser ved vennen Magnus Taits begravelse, hvordan mudderet og det tørveholdige vand pløjer sig gennem et lille husmandssted. Alle tror, huset er ubeboet, men mellem mudder, sten og murbrokker finder Perez liget af en mørkhåret kvinde iført en rød silkekjole. Kvindens mørke, eksotiske udseende får ham til at føle, at de på en eller anden måde er forbundet, og han arbejder desperat for at identificere hende. Det viser sig, at kvinden allerede var død, inden jordskreddet ramte huset. Perez kaster sig over efterforskningen for at opklare, hvem hun var, og hvordan hun døde. Mørk muld er den syvende roman i Ann Cleeves’ Shetland-serie, der er filmatiseret af BBC og følges af millioner af seere over hele verden. I Shetland-serien findes også Sort som ravnen, Hvide nætter, Rødt støv, Stormvarsel, Dødvande og Blå luft. Omtale i pressen ”… det tvist, som en dygtig forfatter giver en almindelig krimi ... Læs bogen, og gå ikke glip af tv-serien.” Globe and Mail ”Jeg synes altid, at Ann Cleeves’ bøger er rigtig gode. De holder en høj international standard.” Magnus Utvik i Gomorron Sverige, SVT ”Kun få britiske forfattere formår som Cleeves at fremmane et steds atmosfære, og skildringen af vejret og terrænet er lige så afgørende for Shetland-seriens popularitet som beskrivelsen af Perez, hvis spanske rødder gør, at han altid vil stå som en outsider i dette afsondrede samfund. Det her er en af de bedste bøger i serien.” Barry Forshaw, FT ”Shetlandsøerne er et fascinerende sted, og romanfigurerne, hvoraf nogle er lokale, og andre tilflyttere, som søger fred eller frelse for fortiden på en afsondret ø, danner baggrund for krimigåden. Endnu en supergod læseoplevelse, som jeg kun kan give mine varmeste anbefalinger.” Crimesquad Det, der har gjort hendes bøger populære og prisbelønnede, er, at de er litterære romaner, som samtidig er spændende.” Östgöta Correspondenten ”Ann Cleeves formår på fornemste vis at skildre livet på Shetlandsøerne og den særlige stemning, som man finder i øsamfund.” Ölandsbladet

»Cleeves anbefales varmt.« - Weekendavisen »Plottet holder hele vejen - ligesom spændingen.« - Jydske Vestkysten »Sort som Ravnen er ikke kun en stille, smuk og spændende krimi, men også et indbydende postkort fra Shetlandsøerne.« - Politiken Det er en kold januarmorgen, og Shetlandsøerne er begravet i et tykt snetæppe. Fran Hunter er næsten nået hjem, da hun på vejen ser sin teenagenabos strangulerede lig, med ravne cirklende over. Befolkningen på den stille ø er ikke sene til at finde en, i deres øjne, skyldig - den ensomme og ikke helt normale Magnus Tait. Men da kriminalkommissær Jimmi Perez og hans kollegaer det til trods vælger at starte en større efterforskning, bliver de alligevel i tvivl, og med ét er hele samfundet indhyllet i et tæt net af frygt og mistro - en bekendt, en kollega, måske endda en ven, er morder. For første gang i mange, mange år låser øboerne deres døre. Ann Cleeves modtog The Duncan Lawrie Gold Dagger, en af verdens største krimipriser, for Sort som Ravnen, og det er fuldt fortjent. Plottet er bygget op omkring de i genren velkendte rammer, et mord i et lille isoleret samfund, men romanen er skrevet med en dybde og indsigt, som løfter den til et højere niveau. Sort som Ravnen er bind et i en planlagt serie på fire, som alle foregår på Shetlandsøerne.

*Winner of the 2017 Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger*Harbour Street is the sixth book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - now the major ITV detective drama Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn.A KILLING. In Newcastle, Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie travel home on the busy Metro. The train is stopped unexpectedly, and Jessie sees that one woman doesn't leave with the other passengers: Margaret Krukowski has been fatally stabbed. A WITNESS. No one saw the murder take place. How can this be, when the train was packed? Searching for a lead, DI Vera Stanhope heads to the quiet Northumberland town of Mardle to investigate. She can feel in her bones that the local residents know more than they are letting on: a killer is among them.A SECRET.Just days later, a second woman is murdered. Retracing the victims' final steps, Vera finds herself searching deep into the hidden past of this seemingly innocent neighbourhood, led by clues that keep revolving around one street: why are the residents of Harbour Street so reluctant to speak? DI Vera Stanhope is back. And she wants answers.Enjoy more of Vera Stanhope's investigations with The Crow Trap, Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices, The Glass Room, The Moth Catcher, and The Seagull.

*Winner of the 2017 Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger*The Moth Catcher is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - now the major ITV detective drama Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn.'This case was different from anything Vera had ever worked before. Two bodies, connected but not lying together. And nothing made her feel as alive as murder.'Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist named Patrick, to look after the place while they're away. But Patrick is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley - a beautiful, lonely place to die. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene, with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of the big house - where Patrick has a flat - she finds the body of a second man. All the two victims have in common is a fascination with moths - catching these beautiful, rare creatures. Those who live in the Valley Farm development have secrets too: Annie and Sam's daughter is due to be released from prison any day; Nigel watches, silently, every day, from his window. As Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes that there may be deadly secrets trapped here . . . Enjoy more of Vera Stanhope's investigations with The Crow Trap, Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices, The Glass Room, Harbour Street, and The Seagull.

Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning stand alone novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of the astounding Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew has had more than her fair share of struggles. Abandoned as a baby, she spent her childhood moving between foster homes. Now she is running away from her past . . . A holiday in Morocco seems to be the perfect escape. Especially when she meets Philip, a fellow tourist who distracts her from her troubles. After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England, to a solicitor's letter. Philip Samson has died. In his will, he has left Lizzie a gift of GBP15,000. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life . . .

Vicekriminalkommissær Jimmy Perez fra Shetlandsøerne får denne gang to mord på hånden, da en mand ved en fernisering pludselig kaster sig grædende på knæ, påstår at have hukommelsestab og kort derefter findes hængt. Det andet mord følger kort efter.

Murder in My Backyard is the second mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry . . . but here she is, murdered in her own backyard on a bitter St. David's Eve.When detective Stephen Ramsay starts asking questions in the village, a more ambiguous picture begins to emerge. Yes, old Mrs. Parry was loved by everyone, but sometimes her kindness had caused trouble. Yes, her two nephews were devoted to her, but they didn't really want her interfering in their rather complicated personal lives. Even among her neighbours, Alice Parry's helpfulness had sometimes misfired; and after her death, tension tight as a clenched fist grips the uneasy village.Meanwhile, the suspects keep rolling in, and Heppleburn's friendly neighbourhood killer continues his nasty piece of work . . .

En mordsag viser sig at trække tråde helt hjem til kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhopes egen hoveddør, og hendes professionelle tilgang bliver sat på prøve. Det er ikke så ligetil at komme ind på livet af den bryske kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhope, men hendes naboer, Jack og Joanna, er alligevel blevet en slags venner, godt hjulpet på vej af vin og samtaler sent på aftenen. Da Joanna forsvinder og senere viser sig at være involveret i en mordsag, bliver det kompliceret for Vera. En dag dukker Joanna op på et retreat for forfattere, snart finder man også et lig, og da Joanna befinder sig på gerningsstedet med en kniv i hånden, bliver hun straks mistænkt. Selvom Vera godt er klar over, at hun har et tæt forhold til den mistænkte, har hun svært ved at overdrage sagen til andre. Vera er typen, der aldrig har fulgt de skrevne regler, og denne sag er simpelthen for fristende, men hun må balancere sine egne følelser og motiver med en professionel tilgang til efterforskningen for at finde morderen. En morder, der lader sig inspirere af forfatternes egne fortællinger … “Et subtilt og komplekst mysterium ... Den elskelige Vera og hendes karakteristiske syn på verden får denne serie til at skille sig ud.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

From Ann Cleeves-New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows-comes Silent Voices. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."-Louise Penny When Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the steam room of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once, it's a death from natural causes. But closer inspection reveals bruises around the victim's throat....As she leads her team, Vera relishes the thrill she gets from running an investigation. Death has never made her feel so alive. But soon, the victim's past reveals a shocking secret at the heart of Vera's community, as she tries to stop a killer who wants deadly secrets kept silent.Singular, complex, and fiercely loyal, Vera has quickly become an iconic British detective loved by millions both on the page and on-screen, and Silent Voices showcases Ann Cleeves as a writer at the peak of her powers.*BONUS CONTENT: This edition of Silent Voices includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide

From Ann Cleeves-New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows-comes Harbour Street. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."-Louise Penny As the snow falls thickly on Newcastle, the shouts and laughter of Christmas revelers break the muffled silence. Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie are swept along in the jostling crowd onto the Metro.But when the train is stopped due to the bad weather, and the other passengers fade into the swirling snow, Jessie notices that one lady hasn't left the train: Margaret Krukowski has been fatally stabbed. Arriving at the scene, DI Vera Stanhope is relieved to have an excuse to escape the holiday festivities. As she stands on the silent, snow-covered station platform, Vera feels a familiar buzz of anticipation, sensing that this will be a complex and unusual case. Then, just days later, a second woman is murdered. Vera knows that to find the key to this new killing she needs to understand what had been troubling Margaret so deeply before she died - before another life is lost. She can feel in her bones that there's a link. Retracing Margaret's final steps, Vera finds herself searching deep into the hidden past of this seemingly innocent neighborhood, led by clues that keep revolving around one street...Harbour Street.Told with piercing prose and a forensic eye, Ann Cleeves' gripping novel explores what happens when a community closes ranks to protect their own-and at what point silent witnesses become complicit.

En mordsag viser sig at trække tråde helt hjem til kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhopes egen hoveddør, og hendes professionelle tilgang bliver sat på prøve. Det er ikke så ligetil at komme ind på livet af den bryske kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhope, men hendes naboer, Jack og Joanna, er alligevel blevet en slags venner, godt hjulpet på vej af vin og samtaler sent på aftenen. Da Joanna forsvinder og senere viser sig at være involveret i en mordsag, bliver det kompliceret for Vera. En dag dukker Joanna op på et retreat for forfattere, snart finder man også et lig, og da Joanna befinder sig på gerningsstedet med en kniv i hånden, bliver hun straks mistænkt. Selvom Vera godt er klar over, at hun har et tæt forhold til den mistænkte, har hun svært ved at overdrage sagen til andre. Vera er typen, der aldrig har fulgt de skrevne regler, og denne sag er simpelthen for fristende, men hun må balancere sine egne følelser og motiver med en professionel tilgang til efterforskningen for at finde morderen. En morder, der lader sig inspirere af forfatternes egne fortællinger … “Et subtilt og komplekst mysterium ... Den elskelige Vera og hendes karakteristiske syn på verden får denne serie til at skille sig ud.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Ann Cleeves (f. 1954) er en af Englands mest anerkendte og elskede krimiforfattere. Hun har skrevet en lang række krimier, som er oversat til mange sprog, og hendes bøger er blevet omsat til de populære tv-serier Vera, Shetland og Døden på stranden. Hun er tidligere modtager af det britiske kriminalakademis “Diamond Dagger”, som er den mest prestigefulde ærespris, en krimiforfatter kan modtage.

From Ann Cleeves-New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows-comes Telling Tales. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."-Louise Penny It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel. Now residents of the East Yorkshire village of Elvet are disturbed to hear of new evidence proving Jeanie's innocence. Abigail's killer is still at large.For one young woman, Emma Bennett, the revelation brings back haunting memories of her vibrant best friend--and of that fearful winter's day when she had discovered her body lying cold in a ditch.As Inspector Vera Stanhope makes fresh enquiries on the peninsula and villagers are hauled back to a time they hoped to forget, tensions begin to mount. But are people afraid of the killer or of their own guilty pasts?With each person's story revisited, the Inspector begins to suspect that some deadly secrets are threatening to unfurl...

Ann Cleeves returns to her critically acclaimed Shetland Island series, now a BBC television show available on streaming. Dead Water is the next 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 Dead Water, a triumphant continuation to her Shetland series, Ann Cleeves cements her place as one of Britain's most successful crime writers.

Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Venn series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the eleventh in the acclaimed Northumbrian-set Vera Stanhope series, following on from The Rising Tide.

Liget af en kvinde dukker op i en sauna, og snart går det op for Vera og hendes hold, at intet i denne sag er så lige til, som de havde troet. Da Vera finder en død kvinde i saunaen i sit lokale fitnesscenter, overvejer hun kortvarigt, om hun har at gøre med et simpelt dødsfald. Men da hun kigger nærmere på liget, opdager hun en række mærker omkring halsen — og det viser sig endnu en gang, at døden er mere kompliceret end som så. Der går ikke længe, før Vera har samlet sit hold, og efterforskerne er i gang med at afhøre medarbejderne i centeret og personer med forbindelse til offeret. Imens må Vera og hendes kollega Joe Ashworth grave dybt i fortiden for at finde et motiv. Da de opdager, at offeret var ansat som socialrådgiver og på et tidspunkt havde været involveret i en chokerende sag, hvor et barn mistede livet, virker det åbenlyst, at de to dødsfald står i forbindelse med hinanden. Men så slår morderen til igen, og intet er helt, hvad det giver sig ud for at være … Tavse stemmer er fjerde bind i Ann Cleeves’ krimiserie om den skarpe, men elskelige kriminalkommissær Vera Stanhope. “Et opslugende, smart udtænkt mysterium.” DAILY MAIL