Killjoy

Cleeves is quietly carving out a reputation as the new Queen of Crime * Sunday Mirror *A fine writer * The Sunday Telegraph *Ann Cleeves is a skilful technician, keeping our interest alive and building slowly up to the denouement. Her easy use of language and clever story construction make her one of the best natural writers of detective fiction * Daily Express *Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves – Val McDermid, bestselling author of the Tony Hill & Carol Jordan seriesAnn Cleeves has an enviable talent … I love these books * CrimeSquad *Had me hooked — a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves story – The Times on The Long CallCleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot – Mail on Sunday on The Long Call

Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV’s The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.

Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. She lives in North Tyneside near where the Vera books are set.

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