Queen Camilla celebrates ‘magic of storytelling’ in star-studded launch of new national reading medal - King Charles, ...

Ann Cleeves hasn't yet started the 12th novel in the Vera series, but has confirmed it will be DCI Stanhope's final outing ...

Brenda Blethyn and Ann Cleeves look back on the hit ITV drama, set and filmed in the North East, which ran for 14 years. | ...

In Cleeves’s exquisitely plotted sixth Shetland mystery (after 2013’s Dead Water), bridesmaid Eleanor Longstaff disappears during a wedding ceremony on the island. When she turns up dead in a ...

The BBC series Shetland has been a hit with viewers since it first launched in 2013 and fans have been calling for the return of DI Jimmy Perez.

The Bay Tales raffle offered the chance for festivalgoers to bid to name a character in the final Vera novel after themselves ...

Ann Cleeves, the crime writer behind the detective novel series Shetland and creator of the BBC's popular TV adaptation, has shared an exciting update about the return of Jimmy Perez in her upcoming ...

“It was also important to keep the sense of place that Ann created in the books. I added the idea that the story and it's conclusion would be set during the run-up to the 'Up Helly Aa' festival ...

First of the Detective Matthew Venn books, by Ann Cleeves. Minotaur Books, 2019. “The book is nicely rounded, balancing intellectual and emotional qualities in an engaging story. This along with ...

The next Vera book will be the final chapter for the much-loved Geordie detective, Ann Cleeves has confirmed. DCI Stanhope first appeared in The Crow Trap in 1999 and the series inspired a hugely ...

Adapted from Red Bones, the crime novel by award-winning writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland is written by acclaimed writer David Kane. Here, Ann and David share their Shetland vision. Ann Cleeves ...