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Cold Earth

Shetland, Book 7

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Cold Earth

By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
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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 mystery in the Shetland detective series from Ann Cleeves.

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

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 . . .

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

‘One of Britain's best crime writers’ – Daily Express

‘Cleeves is quietly carving out a reputation as the new Queen of Crime’ – Sunday Mirror

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Critic reviews

The new queen of crime
One of the most memorable entries in the series
Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves (Val McDermid, award-winning author of Silent Bones)
The Queen of the detective novel, thrilling millions of readers
A master storyteller
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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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Excellent story and brilliantly read. Characters brought to life giving a real feel of the Shetland way of living

Enjoyed

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difficult to put down, good story plot and great characters, the narrator was easy to listen to.

intriguing

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Well read, not sure about the accents at first but settled in and enjoyed every minute.

Keeps u guessing up until the very end

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