Ann Cleeves
21) Telling tales
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Demonstrating singular adeptness with mood and pacing, narrator Julia Franklin shines in this character-rich mystery set in northern England...Franklin's performance is direct and punchy, matching the speed and shrewdness of Vera's first-rate mind." AudioFile Magazine. 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...
22) Cold earth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and water smash through a house in its path. Everyone thinks the home is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. Perez soon becomes obsessed with tracing her identity and realizes...
23) The moth catcher
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope novels volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 to look after the place while they're away. But he is found dead by theside of the lane into the valley. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of the big house, Vera finds the body of a second man. As...
Author
Series
Two rivers volume 1
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Narrator Ben Aldridge gives listeners the perfect introduction to Matthew Venn...it's a smashing start to a third series by Cleeves." — AudioFile Magazine
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Long Call from Ann Cleeves—bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes the first in a gripping new series, told
Author
Series
Stephen Ramsay novels volume 3
Publisher
Bello
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Dorothea Cassidy, the Vicar's wife is found dead in the park's flower bed. The list of suspects include old Mrs Bowman, Clive Stringer, a disturbed adolescent, and Theresa Stringer, a single mother with a violent boyfriend and even members of her own family.
Author
Series
Stephen Ramsay novels volume 1
Publisher
Bello
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Who hanged the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Halloween Party? Almost everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the viper-tongued Harold Medburn. Inspector Ramsay is convinced it was the headmaster's enigmatic wife but Jack Robson, school governor and caretaker, is determined to prove her innocence. With the help of his restless enthusiastic daughter, Patty, Jack digs into the secrets of Heppleburn, and uncovers a cesspit...
28) Killjoy
Author
Series
Stephen Ramsay novels volume 4
Publisher
Bello
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Gus Lynch is directing the Youth Theatre through a rehearsal. The cast is in place but the female lead, Gabriella Paston, is missing. Later that evening her body is discovered in the boot of Gus's car. Detective Inspector Stephen Ramsay and Sergeant Gordon Hunter are assigned to head the murder enquiry. Meanwhile violence is escalating on the Starling Farm Estate as police battle to contain the latest outbreak of joyriding. Is the death of Gabriella...
29) A prey to murder
Author
Publisher
Bello
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
George Palmer-Jones and his wife, Molly, visit a charming widow for some birdwatching. Molly suspects this old friend of George's is a ruthless manipulator.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bello
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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. And 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...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate a single mystery--the disappearance of a young man on the overnight ferry to Shetland--that evolves into an increasingly complex case, leading the investigation from the Shetland Islands to the streets of Glasgow.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
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...
35) Vera: Set 9
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Vera Stanhope, a caustic, disheveled investigator, solves murders in Northumberland, England.
37) Vera: Set 8
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Vera Stanhope, a caustic, disheveled investigator, solves murders in Northumberland, England.
38) Vera: Set 3
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This is a compelling mystery series, inspired by Ann Cleeves' bestselling novel. Patrolling her patch of northeast England, Vera resolutely pursues the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. While her manner is sometimes caustic, her single-mindedness gets results.
39) Vera: Set 4
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
p2014.
Language
English
Description
Northumberland Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope and her partner, Detective Sergeant Joe Ashworth, work to unravel four new crimes.
40) Vera: Set 6
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Includes four all-new, feature-length mysteries. From the death of a woman found on the Northumberland cliffs to the body of a fisherman pulled out of the sea, these cases prove to be some of the most difficult and emotional in Vera's career.