Order of Ann Cleeves Books
Ann Cleeves is a British author of crime fiction, mystery and thriller novels. Ann worked a number of jobs, including working as a child care officer, women’s refuge leader, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard and then went back to college to become a probation officer. Her first series that she wrote featured elderly naturalist George Palmer-Jones – a couple of which Ann admits are “seriously dreadful.” Since then, she has written the Inspector Ramsay, Vera Stanhope and Shetland Island series.
Ann Cleeves made her debut as a published novelist in 1986 with A Bird in the Hand. Below is a list of Ann Cleeves’ books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Palmer-Jones Books
| A Bird in the Hand | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Come Death And High Water | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder In Paradise | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Prey To Murder | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Another Man's Poison | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sea Fever | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mill On The Shore | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| High Island Blues | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Inspector Ramsay Books
| A Lesson In Dying | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder In My Backyard | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Killjoy | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Healers | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Baby Snatcher | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Vera Stanhope Books
| The Crow Trap | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Telling Tales | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hidden Depths | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Silent Voices | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Glass Room | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Harbour Street | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Moth Catcher | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Seagull | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Frozen | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Darkest Evening | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Woman on the Island | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rising Tide | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dark Wives | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Shetland Island Books
| Raven Black | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| White Nights | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Red Bones | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blue Lightning | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Water | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thin Air | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Too Good To Be True | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cold Earth | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wild Fire | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Shetland Island Non-Fiction Books
| Shetland | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Two Rivers Books
| The Long Call | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Heron's Cry | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Girls on the Shore | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Raging Storm | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jimmy Perez Books
| The Lonely Man | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Killing Stones | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Sleeping and the Dead | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Burial of Ghosts | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
| Offshore | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime also has stories by Mark Billingham, Harlan Coben, P.D. James, Val McDermid and Steve Mosby. Bloody Scotland also includes stories by Lin Anderson, Chris Brookmyre, Doug Johnstone, Stuart MacBride, Val McDermid, Peter May, Denise Mina, Craig Robertson and Sara Sheridan.
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I looooooooooooooove Ann Cleeves stories. Our favorites are the Very Stanhope series. We are waiting for the next Vera series on PBS and the next Shetland installation. We were hoping for a new set in the Spring. Now the Summer. Boo hoo. no new ones.
More soon?????
I’m just finishing the Shetland series of books, have watched the television series and love both… even the show can be quite different. It’s the setting and mood and tone… I’m just grateful for Ann Cleeves as an author and look forward to reading more, if not all, of her books.
I love all of Ann Cleeves book but I especially love the Two Rivers Series
I am a big Ann Cleeves fan and have read many of her Vera & Shetland books which are very good – the lead characters are very likeable characters. My wife & I have also watched all of the Vera & Shetland TV Series which we really enjoyed.
Just saw one of the Shetland movies last night and now I am an Ann Cleeve fan!
I love the Shetland Islands series…..haven’t yet read any of her others, but she is very good….mystery mixed in with a very different way of life, and NOT “cozy”!!!