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  • Shetland, Book 7
  • Written by: Ann Cleeves
  • Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
  • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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Cold Earth

Written by: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
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Publisher's Summary

Long-listed, The McIlvanney Prize Scottish Crime Book of the Year

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 seventh Shetland mystery 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 crime series with Wild Fire, the final Shetland novel.

©2016 Ann Cleeves (P)2021 Isis Publishing Ltd

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Have listened to this series over a period of time. Enjoyed the evolving details of the characters’ personalities. Voice artist differentiates sufficiently for there to be few if any instances of character confusion. Plot moves along at a decent pace. Sad that there’s only one more book. After that, will likely listen again, marathon style.

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