This is the last in the series what a great story. Great service waterstones people put delivery thank you

The first ann cleeves book I read was the quick reads shetland book. I enjoyed it so I tried the shetland books and then immediately read the vera books. I had put off reading her books for a long time as I though they may be too bleak for me. Instead I found them fascinating and a joy to read. I won't give any plots away as I don't normally like doing that. These are very impressive books. The writing is brilliant. And like my favourite crime writers such as Agatha Christie or j k Rowling's strike novels it's all about character, atmosphere and intriguing plots. The shetland books are fascinating. A great lead detective surrounded by good supporting characters with solid plots and a magnificent backdrop in the locations. I'm not as familiar with the shetland locations as I am with the vera books locations but I do know some and it's nice to see places I know in these books. These are deliberately slow paced novels. Characters are introduced and their lives are picked over to reveal the clues. Perez is a good character who goes through quite a lot over the course of the books. I thoroughly enjoyed the series and have to say I am impressed that cleeves has ended the shetland books. The vera stories have a large geographical area for murders to be committed whereas the shetland books could become silly if they continued. How many murders would be believable on a relatively small set of islands before you have to twin shetland with midsummer! I would be happy if she did return to these books occasionally but I'm very happy with the ones we have. A great series.

Unputdownable. You think you know who did it, then you don't, then you do. As usual, a great read.

Cleeves's writing continues to develop and get bolder with each new novel. This effort concerns a group of university friends who go to a Shetland island for a wedding. During this time, one of them disappears. Though perhaps not as wide-ranging as some of her other works, Thin Air is still tremendously satisfying.

This is book 6 in the Ann Cleeves Shetland series, featuring Detective Jimmy Perez. A group of university friends attend the wedding reception of 2 friends on Unst, the most Northerly island of the Shetlands. All does not go well and Jimmy Perez is brought in to investigate the murder of one of the group and then another goes missing. This is a real page turner with beautiful descriptions of the islands and the way of life on them, with a touch of folklore thrown in as a foundation to the story. A great read which I recommend.