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Cold Earth

Shetland, Book 7

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A body is found in the wreckage of a destroyed home. Consumed by the investigation, Inspector Jimmy Perez struggles for the truth in Cold Earth, the seventh Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves.

In the black days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main road and sweeps down to the sea.

At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Inspector Jimmy Perez watches the flood of peaty water and mud smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. Perez becomes obsessed with finding out her identity and what she was doing there.

Then it emerges that she was already dead when the landslide hit the house and, suddenly, Perez finds himself with a murder to solve . . .

Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall.

Continue the atmospheric crime series with Wild Fire, the final Shetland novel.

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Critic reviews

The new queen of crime
One of the most memorable entries in the series
All stars
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Another gripping story, told through a complex interweave of all too believable island and non-island individuals and families, their loves, their hates and their destinies - lightened by love

Ann Cleeves ar her best

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Lovely to hear about Pérez again especially after the events of the last book. A recommended read

Another great Shetland tale

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A very enjoyable story and excellent narration. Please write some more in this series

Excellent next book in the series.

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Enjoyed this story very much, although knowing that it includes two thirds of the total number of murders in Shetland as there have in reality been in the last ten years does diminish the enjoyment a bit!

Likeable reader, interesting story

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As always I enjoyed Ann Cleeves
Shetland adventures. All performances genuine.
Good plot good interaction between the characters always make them interesting listening
Enjoyed this story

Brilliant writing

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