Detective Jimmy Perez leaves the Shetland Islands to start a new life with his pregnant wife in the Orkney Islands, also north of Scotland. But he’s barely settled before tragedy strikes: His lifelong friend is found murdered at an archeological dig site, and the murder weapon is bizarre.
Author Ann Cleeves has firmly established herself as one of Britain’s most successful crime writers, with more than three decades of work to her name. She’s written many acclaimed detective novels, most notably the Vera Stanhope series (beginning in 1999) and the Shetland series (beginning in 2006), featuring the soft-spoken and empathetic Jimmy Perez. Both of these works eventually became hit television series in the UK.
