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by Ann Cleeves


  ‘Ann Cleeves’ fellow crime fiction practitioners (from Colin Dexter to Peter Robinson) have been lining up to sing her praises, and it’s unlikely that there will be any blip in that chorus of praise on the evidence of Red Bones, which is quite as assured and entertaining as its predecessors’

  Barry Forshaw

  ‘Cunning character play and deception play their part in this satisfying tale, bringing about a denouement that turns everything in the plot neatly and bewilderingly on its head’

  Scotsman

  WHITE NIGHTS

  ‘White Nights is a pleasure to read. Interesting characters, great setting, intriguing plot, and nothing to turn the sensitive stomach! And the bonus when we finish it is that we know we’ve got two more to look forward to’

  Reginald Hill

  ‘In true Agatha Christie style, Cleeves once again pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction’

  Colin Dexter

  ‘A most satisfying mystery set in an isolated and intriguing location. Jimmy Perez is a fine creation, and I hope Ann Cleeves’ Shetland series will be with us for a long time to come’

  Peter Robinson

  ‘Cleeves deftly paints in the personalities and their relationships, as the police inquiries disrupt the close-knit community. It’s a good, character-led mystery, which displays the art of storytelling without recourse to slash and grab’

  Sunday Telegraph

  ‘A carefully constructed, atmospheric and interesting mystery’

  Literary Review

  RAVEN BLACK

  ‘Raven Black breaks the conventional mould of British crime-writing, while retaining the traditional virtues of strong narrative and careful plotting’

  Independent

  ‘Beautifully constructed . . . a lively and surprising addition to a genre that once seemed moribund’

  Times Literary Supplement

  ‘Raven Black shows what a fine writer Cleeves is . . . an accomplished and thoughtful book’

  Sunday Telegraph

  ‘This is an absolute must for crime drama fans and you’ll be kept guessing right up until the last crucial moments on a beach as to who is the real villain of the piece’

  Radio Times (Radio 4 Saturday Play of Raven Black)

  ‘Ann’s characterization is worthy of the best writers in the field . . . Rarely has a sense of place been so evocatively conveyed in a crime novel’

  Daily Express

  BLUE LIGHTNING

  Ann Cleeves worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other northern writers to promote crime fiction. In 2006 Ann was awarded the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Best Crime Novel, for Raven Black. Ann lives in North Tyneside.

  The novels in Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope series, The Crow Trap, Telling Tales and Hidden Depths are available now and are forthcoming major ITV productions.

  Visit the author’s website at:

  www.anncleeves.com

  By Ann Cleeves

  A Bird in the Hand

  Come Death and High Water

  Murder in Paradise

  A Prey to Murder

  A Lesson in Dying

  Murder in My Back Yard

  A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy

  Another Man’s Poison

  Killjoy

  The Mill on the Shore

  Sea Fever

  The Healers

  High Island Blues

  The Baby-Snatcher

  The Sleeping and the Dead

  Burial of Ghosts

  The Vera Stanhope series

  The Crow Trap

  Telling Tales

  Hidden Depths

  The Shetland series

  Raven Black

  White Nights

  Red Bones

  Blue Lightning

  For my wise, funny and indomitable daughters

  Acknowledgements

  Once again many people have contributed to the writing of this book and to keeping me organized and sane. Jean Rogers and Roger Cornwell do far more than look after my website. Julie Crisp and Helen Guthrie from Pan Macmillan and Sara Menguc and her associate agents round the world seem like family now. Helen Pepper advised on probably the most awkward crime scene I’ve yet devised for her. Visit Shetland and Shetland Arts continue to provide support and assistance with efficiency and good humour. Ingrid Eunson read the script, though any remaining mistakes in Fair Isle geography and customs are mine not hers. Although the North Light field centre is fictitious, I’d like to thank Hollie and Deryk from Fair Isle Bird Observatory for their hospitality and help. I look forward to visiting the new obs! Tim gave me the space and the time to write and lent his birding expertise to the book. Finally a big thank you to the glorious sisterhood of ex-bird observatory cooks.

  First published 2010 by Macmillan

  This edition published 2010 by Pan Books

  This electronic edition published 2010 by Pan Books

  an imprint of Pan Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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  ISBN 978-0-330-53476-5 PDF

  ISBN 978-0-330-53475-8 EPUB

  Copyright © Ann Cleeves 2010

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