Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Quartet [Paperback]

The basis for the hit series Shetland now airing on PBS.

Winner of Britain's coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves introduces a dazzling new suspense series to U.S. mystery readers.

Raven Blackbegins on New Year's Eve with a lonely outcast named Magnus Tait, who stays home waiting for visitors who never come. But the next morning the body of a murdered teenage girl is discovered nearby, and suspicion falls on Magnus. Inspector Jimmy Perez enters an investigative maze that leads deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go.

A riveting read. Val McDermid

Chilling...enough to freeze the blood. Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Chilling...enough to freeze the blood. Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Deserves the top crime writer's prize in the United States this year. Don't miss this standout. Rocky Mountain News

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind two hit television seriesthe BBCsShetland, starring Douglas Henshall, and ITVsVera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethynboth of which are watched and loved in the US. Her brand new Two Rivers series will launch in September 2019, withThe Long Call.

Shetlandis available in the US on Netflix, Amazon Video, Britbox, and PBS, andVerais available on Hulu, Amazon Video, BritBox, and PBS.

The first Shetland novel,Raven Black, won the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She lives in the UK.