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Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series -- which is now the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall SHETL&. It is a cold January morning & Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream the ravens continue their deadly dance.. . The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man -- loner & simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police insist on opening out the investigation a veil of suspicion & fear is thrown over the entire community. For the first time in years Catherine's neighbours nervously lock their doors whilst a killer lives on in their midst. Also available in the Shetland series are White Nights Red Bones Blue Lightning & Dead Water. Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series (ITV television drama VERA) contains five titles of which The Glass Room is the most recent.

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