![]() Ann Cleeves probes beneath the surface of a community to reveal the darkness that can fester when everyone thinks they know each other's secrets' – „Val Mcdermid”. „Raven Black” is a haunting, beautifully crafted crime story, and establishes Ann Cleeves as a rising talent in psychological crime writing … For the first time in years, Catherine's neighbours nervously lock their doors, whilst a killer lives on in their midst. But when police insist on opening out the investigation a veil of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community. The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man – loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. Local police inspector, Jimmy Perez, leads the investigation into the death. The novel opens with the death of a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl named Catherine Ross, whose body was discovered in a field on New Year's Day by Fran Hunter, an English artist staying in Shetland. As Fran opens her mouth to scream, the ravens continue their deadly dance … Raven Black is set in Shetland, an archipelago off the coast of Scotland. ![]() It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. ![]() Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground, ravens circling above. ![]() It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. ![]()
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