Category Archives: Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves, Blue Lightning (2010)

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

This is the fourth Shetland Quartet police procedural, featuring Jimmy Perez. “Fran sat with her eyes closed. The small plane dropped suddenly, seemed to fall from the sky then levelled for a moment before tilting like a fairground ride. She … Continue reading →

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>Ann Cleeves, Red Bones (2009)

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> My review number 200 is of the third Jimmy Perez story, set in Shetland. After what seems to be a shooting accident, an old woman dies in Whalsay, a small island east of the mainland. Mima is the grandmother … Continue reading →

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>Ann Cleeves, White Nights (2008)

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This crime novel which takes place in Shetland is the second Jimmy Perez story. Apparently the Finns run amuck because of their everlasting dark nights, the Shetlanders do because of their white summer nights. “It´s the time of year,” … Continue reading →

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>C for Christie, Cleeves, Craig.

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Jeg tror, forfatteren Agatha Christie taler for sig selv.I think author Agatha Christie is known to all my visitors. Men kender du også Ann Cleeves, forfatter til den herlige Vera Stanhope-serie, og Shetland-kvartetten? But do you also know Ann Cleeves, … Continue reading →

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>Ann Cleeves, Raven Black (2006)

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>On the first pages of this book we meet Magnus who is sitting all alone in his kitchen right after midnight. It is New Year´s Eve, and he keeps the light on because someone might turn up after all. Rather … Continue reading →

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>Ann Cleeves, Hidden Depths (2007)

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[Denne serie er desværre ikke oversat til dansk – i hvert fald ikke endnu] Julia Armstrong comes home late from her first night out with ´the girls´ for ages, only to find her sixteen-year-old son Luke drowned in the bath … Continue reading →

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>Bodies in Baths

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Thank you to the visitors who played along (see below). What surprises me is that no one has suggested Dorothy L. Sayers´ famous body in the bath “Whose Body” – the very first Lord Peter Wimsey story from 1923. The … Continue reading →

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>Ann Cleeves on "Crime for All"

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>(This week´s guest blogger is the well-known British crime fiction author Ann Cleeves . I have reviewed two of her Vera Stanhope novels recently, The Crow Trap and Telling Tales.) Dorte’s invitation to contribute to her blog arrived while I … Continue reading →

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>Ann Cleeves, Telling Tales (2005)

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[Denne charmerende krimiserie er desværre ikke oversat til dansk, men forlaget Cicero er begyndt at udgive hendes nye Shetland-serie, og jeg håber at kunne anmelde den første inden så længe] See my review of the first in the series, The … Continue reading →

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>Ann Cleeves, The Crow Trap (1999)

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>– denne britiske krimi er desværre ikke oversat til dansk –Reviewed as part of my 2009 thriller and suspense reading challenge (eco thriller). “Bella had arranged her suicide as efficiently as she had done everything else in her life. In … Continue reading →

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