Thin Air: A Shetland Mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00OFL6Q26 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 394 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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At Harrogate 2015 Ann was presented the Lee Child Dead Good Readers' Award for Best Loner or Detective for Vera. Ann Cleeves lives in Yorkshire, England. . Ann is reader-in-residence for the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival, and was twice shortlisted for the Dagger Award before winning the first Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award for Raven Black. ANN CLEEVES was the Malice Domestic Honored International Visitor in 2015
Atmospheric and engaging slccmh I have really enjoyed all of the works in Ann Cleeves's Shetland series. She has a wonderful way, I think, of painting characters so they are flawed but still likeable, so experiencing her books is for me similar to experiencing real relationships. I truly like atmospheric works and have found myself transported by the Shetland novels although I'm a little on the fence as to whether I actually want to visit the area or not. The reason I did not giv. "Just like all the rest of the Shetland books" according to Hugh. Just like all the rest of the Shetland books, this one keeps you guessing right up to the end. The only characters safe from suspicion are Jimmy, Willow and Sandy. I would like to visit the Shetland Islands someday but now I'm worried for my safety -- so many murders for a population of just 22,000 :).. Jimmy Perez keeps me coming back for more Small cast of continuing characters, great sense of place and atmosphere, clever plot, ending was true to clues and to personalities.
Her interest in the ghost had seemed unhealthy—obsessive, even—to her friends: an indication of a troubled mind. It's mid-summer, a time of light nights and unexpected mists. Detectives Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves are dispatched to investigate. But, one of them, Eleanor, disappears—apparently into thin air. Before she went missing, Eleanor claimed to have seen the ghost of a local child who drowned in the 1920s. But Jimmy and Willow are convinced that there is more to Eleanor's death than they first thought. Is there a secret that lies behind the myth? One so sho
This series is one of two that Cleeves has going; the other stars Northumberland detective Vera Stanhope and is a hit BBC series.” Booklist (starred)“AbsorbingCleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page.” Publishers Weekly. “A riveting read.” Val McDermid“Cleeves returns to a sea-bound land of crofters' cottages, barren rocks and fog, especially the fog surrounding the murdersthe well-constructed procedural gains another dimension from Jimmy's re-engagement with his work and his life.” Kirkus Reviews“Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's character keeps deepening with each book. The rough islands cresting th