White Nights
White Nights, Ann Cleeves' sequel to her award-winning Raven Black, has now been published in the UK. White Nights is the second book in Ann's much-praised Shetland Quartet, and where Raven Black explored the islands in the dark days of a snowy winter, White Nights flips the coin to show how the unending summer daylight distorts the emotions of islanders and visitors alike.
Ann has been persuaded to drop a few hints about the story, which again features Jimmy Perez. She says:
The launch of an exhibition at The Herring House art gallery is disturbed by a stranger who bursts into tears, then claims not to remember who he is or where he comes from. The next day he's found dead, wearing a clown's mask.
Set in mid-summer, the book captures the unsettling nature of a landscape where the sun never quite sets and where people are not as they first seem.
Order White Nights from Amazon (or ask your local bookshop to order a copy, quoting the ISBN: 978-0-230-01445-9).
Read a new interview about Ann Cleeves and the Shetland Quartet in The Times Online.
In true Agatha Christie style, Cleeves once again pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction
Colin Dexter
Ann Cleeves with Colin Dexter at the London launch of White Nights.
A most satisfying mystery set in an isolated and intriguing location
Peter Robinson
Read more about the Shetland Quartet.
Praise for Ann Cleeves:
"Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves."
"Ann Cleeves deserves a lot more attention than she gets. Her plots are beautifully crafted; her characters are intense and deeply drawn."
Toronto Globe and Mail
"Perceptive, convincing and quietly compelling."
Marcel Berlins, The Times
The Sleeping and the Dead
Ann Cleeves' vivid novel of psychological suspense, The Sleeping and the Dead, was first published in the UK in 2001. It has been selected for reissue by Bloody Brits Press, an imprint dedicated to introducing the best of British crime fiction to the US market, and the new edition was published on December 30th 2007.
Read more about The Sleeping and the Dead
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