Ann Cleeves
1954-
 

Ann Cleeves has worked as probation officer, a cook at a bird observatory and as a coastguard. She is the creator of:
1. 'George and Molly Palmer-Jones', an amateur bird watcher and his wife.
2. 'Jimmy Perez', a Detective Inspector in the Scottish Shetland Islands.
3. 'Matthew Venn', a Detective Inspector in North Devon.
4. 'Stephen Ramsey', a Detective Inspector in Northumberland.
5. 'Vera Stanhope', a Detective Chief Inspector in East Yorkshire.
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Douglas Henshall (center) as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez
in the BBC Television Series "Shetland"
Brenda Blethyn as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope
in the ITV Television Series "Vera"
 

Titles and year of publication:  

'George and Molly Palmer-Jones' Novels
 1) A Bird in the Hand  1986
 2) Come Death and High Water  1987
 3) Murder in Paradise  1988
 4) A Prey to Murder  1989
 5) Sea Fever  1991
 6) Another Man's Poison  1992
 7) The Mill on the Shore  1994
 8) High Island Blues  1996
'Jimmy Perez' Novels
 1) Raven Black (Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award)  2006
 2) White Nights  2008
 3) Red Bones  2009
 4) Blue Lightning  2010
 5) Dead Water  2013
 6) Thin Air  2014
 7) Too Good To Be True (novella)  2016
 8) Cold Earth  2016
 9) Wild Fire  2018
'Matthew Venn' Novels
 1) The Long Call  2019
 2) The Heron's Cry  2021
 3) The Raging Storm  2023
'Stephen Ramsey' Novels
 1) A Lesson in Dying  1990
 2) Murder in My Backyard  1991
 3) A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy  1992
 4) Killjoy  1993
 5) The Healers  1995
 6) The Baby Snatcher  1997
'Vera Stanhope' Novels
 1) The Crow Trap  1999
 2) Telling Tales  2005
 3) Hidden Depths  2007
 4) Silent Voices  2011
 5) The Glass Room  2012
 6) Harbour Street  2014
 7) The Moth Catcher  2015
 8) The Seagull  2017
 9) The Darkest Evening  2020
10) The Rising Tide  2022
Other Novels
 1) The Sleeping and the Dead  2001
 2) Burial of Ghosts  2003

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