Telling Tales is the second book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera . They thought she was a murderer. But now she's a victim .

Telling Tales

Dans un coin perdu de l'archipel écossais des Shetland, une archéologue exhume de mystérieux ossements et, avec eux, les encombrants secrets de deux familles... Une nouvelle enquête de l'inspecteur Jimmy Perez, flic taciturne, compatissant et redoutablement efficace. Hattie en est convaincue : le jardin de Mima Wilson abrite les vestiges d'une demeure médiévale. Mais lorsqu'elle déterre un crâne humain teinté de rouge, la jeune archéologue s'interroge : ce squelette date-t-il vraiment du Moyen Age ? Peu de temps après, c'est le corps de Mima qui est retrouvé au fond du jardin : la vieille dame aurait été victime d'un accident de chasse. Une conclusion qui laisse Jimmy Perez perplexe. Et quand celui-ci découvre le cadavre de Hattie dans la fosse, impossible de nier l'évidence : c'est un huis clos meurtrier qui se joue sur l'île. Mais pour exhumer les sanglants mystères enfouis près des lochs, Jimmy va devoir faire preuve de beaucoup de patience... et de persuasion. Car les langues des insulaires sont dures à délier. Et, dissimulé dans la brume, un assassin semble bien décidé à conclure une oeuvre débutée des générations plus tôt.

L'heure écarlate

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againA Bird in the Hand is the first novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted - a murderer .

A Bird in the Hand

'One of Britain's best crime writers' - Daily ExpressShallow waters hide the deepest secrets. Vera Stanhope, star of ITV's Vera, returns in The Rising Tide, the tenth entry in number one bestseller Ann Cleeves' acclaimed series. Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now, they still return every five years to celebrate their friendship, and remember the friend they lost to the rising waters of the causeway at the first reunion. Now, when one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then, and now .

The Rising Tide

Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning standalone crime novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of the bestselling Vera, Two Rivers, and Shetland series. Abandoned as a baby, twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew spent her childhood moving between foster homes and has had more than her fair share of troubles. Now a holiday in Morocco seems to be the perfect escape. Especially when she meets Philip, a fellow tourist. After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England, only to find a solicitor's letter waiting for her. Philip Samson has died and in his will, has left Lizzie a gift of £15, 000. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life .

Burial of Ghosts - Heart-Stopping Thriller from the Author of Vera Stanhope

Morts sur la Lande (Vera Stanhope, #2)

A man with no memory is found dead and suspicion clouds the community. Inspector Jimmy Perez must hunt for a calculating killer in White Nights, the second Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves. Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall. On Shetland, the launch of an exhibition at The Herring House art gallery is disturbed - a stranger bursts into tears, claiming not to remember who he is or where he comes from. The next day, Inspector Jimmy Perez finds his dead body in a fisherman's hut. Initially, it seems to be a straightforward case of suicide - yet this is no desperate act. Instead, it soon becomes clear, this is the work of a cold-blooded killer. As Perez investigates, he finds himself mired in the hidden secrets of a small community. Then another body is found. Perez knows he must find the killer before another death occurs. But it is midsummer, an unsettling time when the sun never really sets in Shetland and nothing is quite as it seems .

White Nights

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again. A Prey to Murder is the fourth mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. The huge and powerful hawk dominated the scene. Its talons pierced the woman's flesh and the beak pointed towards her eyes .

A Prey to Murder

High Island Blues is the eighth and final mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. Swarms of migrating birds fall from the sky seeking shelter as the spring storms begin, but the birders are distracted by a far more shocking sight: Mick Brownscombe's dead body .

Telling Tales

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