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:

Publication Order of Palmer-Jones Books

A Bird in the Hand	(1986)
Come Death And High Water	(1988)
Murder In Paradise	(1988)
A Prey To Murder	(1989)
Another Man's Poison	(1992)
Sea Fever	(1993)
The Mill On The Shore	(1994)
High Island Blues	(1996)

Publication Order of Inspector Ramsay Books

A Lesson In Dying	(1990)
Murder In My Backyard	(1991)
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy	(1992)
Killjoy	(1993)
The Healers	(1995)
The Baby Snatcher	(1997)

Publication Order of Vera Stanhope Books

The Crow Trap	(1999)
Telling Tales	(2005)
Hidden Depths	(2007)
Silent Voices	(2010)
The Glass Room	(2012)
Harbour Street	(2014)
The Moth Catcher	(2015)
The Seagull	(2017)
Frozen	(2020)
The Darkest Evening	(2020)

Publication Order of Shetland Island Books

Raven Black	(2006)
White Nights	(2008)
Red Bones	(2009)
Blue Lightning	(2010)
Dead Water	(2013)
Thin Air	(2014)
Too Good To Be True	(2016)
Cold Earth	(2016)
Wild Fire	(2018)

Publication Order of Shetland Island Non-Fiction Books

Shetland

(2015)

Publication Order of Two Rivers Books

The Long Call	(2019)
The Heron's Cry	(2021)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Sleeping and the Dead	(2001)
Burial Of Ghosts	(2003)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey

(2016)

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Library Book	(2012)
The Starlings & Other Stories	(2015)
Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime	(2016)
Bloody Scotland	(2019)
Many Deadly Returns	(2021)

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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3 Responses to “Order of Ann Cleeves Books”

1. Steve: 2 months ago

   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.

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2. kaystar: 6 years ago

   Just saw one of the Shetland movies last night and now I am an Ann Cleeve fan!

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3. Mongoose218: 6 years ago

   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”!!!

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