![]() Emily Melton - Copyright © American Library Association. Cleeves offers up a dark, brutal, suspenseful page-turner that will keep even seasoned mystery buffs guessing right up to the end. Raven Black is the first novel of the series set in the Shetland Islands. As he investigates, he uncovers a web of sinister secrets, strange superstitions, petty rivalries, thwarted love, and illicit affairs-the dark underbelly of Shetland's tight-knit community. In looking for more to read by Ann Cleeves, I wasnt aware that I had ordered. Policeman Jimmy Perez, assigned to the case, isn't convinced of Magnus' guilt. Suspicion immediately falls on recluse Magnus Tait, who was accused-but never convicted-of kidnapping another girl eight years earlier. But on closer inspection, she finds that the "perfect picture" is the dead body of local teenager Catherine Ross, whose red scarf has been used to strangle her. ![]() ![]() What a perfect picture it makes, she thinks. On the remote island of Shetland, teacher Fran Hunter is walking home when she spots a splash of red in the deep, white snowdrifts, with black ravens flying above. When sixteen year old Catherine Ross is found murdered by Fran Hunter, the crime brings back old memories to the residents of the island. ![]() Raven Black was adapted into a 2-part TV show that was part of the second series of the of the Scottish television crime drama Shetland. White Nights Raven Black is the first book in the Shetland Island series of novels by British author Ann Cleeves. ![]()
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