Лучшие произведения Энн Кливз

Жизнь инспектора Веры Стенхоуп не может быть спокойной даже вне работы. В сауне местного спортзала, куда она приходит отвлечься, работа снова ее настигает: рядом лежит труп женщины с синяками на шее. Интересно, Вера хоть когда-нибудь видела людей, которые умерли спокойно? От нового расследования у Веры бурлит кровь. Смерть еще никогда не заставляла ее чувствовать себя такой живой. Но в прошлом жертвы кроется тайна, которая затрагивает и жизнь инспектора. Осторожно, Вера Стенхоуп, ты ищешь человека, способного на страшное ради сокрытия своих преступлений...

Десять лет прошло с тех пор, как Джини Лонг обвинили в убийстве пятнадцатилетней Эбигейл Мэнтел. А теперь обитатели йоркширской деревни Элвет с ужасом узнают, что появились новые улики, свидетельствующие о невиновности Джини. Значит, убийца Эбигейл все еще на свободе. Для Эммы Беннетт это открытие означает возвращение воспоминаний о жизнерадостной подруге – и о жутком зимнем дне, когда она обнаружила ее тело, лежащее в холодной канаве. Инспектор Вера Стэнхоуп начинает новое расследование в прибрежной деревне, и ее жители вынуждены вернуться в то время, о котором они надеялись забыть. Напряжение нарастает. Но чего они боятся больше – убийцы или собственного постыдного прошлого? Постепенно Вера узнает историю каждого из них и все больше убеждается, что вскоре ей предстоит раскрыть несколько страшных тайн.

Очередное жаркое лето на побережье Нортумберленда. Джули Армстронг возвращается домой после вечерней прогулки и обнаруживает, что ее сын убит. Люка задушили, положили в наполненную ванну и украсили дикими цветами. Эта стилизованная сцена убийства заинтриговала инспектора Веру Стэнхоуп и ее команду. Но они должны действовать быстро, чтобы найти таинственного маньяка. А пока местные жители вынуждены делиться своими самыми темными тайнами с детективом, убийца наблюдает и ждет. Возможно, он успеет спрятать еще одно тело в красивые темные глубины...

В центре внимания писательницы три очень непохожие друг на друга женщины — Рэйчел, Энн и Грейс. Им сложно найти общий язык, но они вынуждены провести несколько недель в одном доме на зеленых холмах и ветреных пустошах Северной Англии, проверяя местность, предназначенную для разработки, на наличие редких экземпляров растений и животных. Работу прерывает убийство одной из них. Приехавшая расследовать дело детектив Вера Стенхоуп не хочет, чтоб они покидали дом в холмах: она верит, что убийца еще вернется и его проще ловить на живца. Связана ли смерть жертвы с экологической проверкой или кто-то из местной деревушки сводит с женщинами старые счеты? Судьбы главных героинь оказываются причудливо переплетены, и им нужно успеть разобраться в этих связях, чтобы понять логику убийцы. Однако сделать это в коттедже в пустынных холмах, который они не могут покинуть, как вороны в ловушке, совсем непросто...

Холодное январское утро, заснеженные Шетланды. Монохромный бледный пейзаж нарушает лишь одно яркое пятно, над которым кружат вороны. На промерзшей земле лежит тело юной девушки… На острове никогда не происходило серьезных преступлений, и убийство становится главным событием для всех без исключения жителей. Все указывает на то, что в страшном преступлении виновен Магнус, одинокий старик со странностями. Но вскоре под подозрением оказываются едва ли не все обитатели острова. И впервые здесь начинают запирать двери и окна – ведь по острову все еще бродит таинственный убийца.

DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but she has more tolerance for her hippy neighbours than most. When one of them goes missing she feels duty-bound to find out what happened. It's an easy job to track the young woman down to a country retreat where aspiring authors gather to work through their novels. It gets complicated when a body is discovered and Vera's neighbour is found with a knife in her hand. Calling in the team, Vera knows that she should hand the case over to someone else but the investigation is too tempting. Then another body is found, and Vera suspects that someone is playing games with her.

Shetlandil on valged ööd. Too aeg aastas, kus linnud laulavad ka keskööl ja päike ei lähegi looja. Kunstnik Bella Sinclair korraldab kõrvalises Biddista rannikukülas peo, et oma uut kunstiteost tutvustada. Järgmisel päeval leitakse piirkonnast surnukeha, pea jämedast köiest silmuses. Laibale lähemale astunud, märkab Shetlandi uurija Jimmi Perez irvitavat klounimaski. Esimese hooga paistab poodu olevat klassikaline enesetapja. Perez tunneb ohvri ära – see on mälukaotusega võõras, kes oli eelmisel päeval toimunud peol häiriva stseeni korraldanud. Varsti mõistab Perez, et surm ei ole siiski saabunud poodu enda meeleheitliku teo tagajärjel, vaid otsida tuleb külmaverelist ja kaalutlevat mõrvarit. Kuid väike Biddista küla on otsustanud jätta oma saladused enda teada. Siis aga leitakse veel üks laip... Perez mõistab, et ta peab jõudma lahenduseni enne, kui veel keegi elu kaotab. Kuid käes on meeletu suvi, mil öö ja päev sulavad kokku ja miski pole päris nii nagu paistab.

A KILLING. In Newcastle, Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie travel home on the busy Metro. The train is stopped unexpectedly, and Jessie sees that one woman doesn't leave with the other passengers: Margaret Krukowski has been fatally stabbed. A WITNESS. No one saw the murder take place. How can this be, when the train was packed? Searching for a lead, DI Vera Stanhope heads to the quiet Northumberland town of Mardle to investigate. She can feel in her bones that the local residents know more than they are letting on: a killer is among them. A SECRET. Just days later, a second woman is murdered. Retracing the victims' final steps, Vera finds herself searching deep into the hidden past of this seemingly innocent neighbourhood, led by clues that keep revolving around one street: why are the residents of Harbour Street so reluctant to speak? DI Vera Stanhope is back. And she wants answers.

Kui ühel Shetlandi väikesaarel vana naine pealtnäha traagilise õnnetuse käigus maha lastakse, kutsutakse mõistatust lahendama detektiiv Jimmy Perez. Aher maastik ja mere lagedus on sünnitanud saarel karme ja salalikke inimesi. Saareelanikke uurides ja küsitledes leiab Jimmy kaks perekonda, keda on mitme põlvkonna vältel ajendanud tegutsema kadedus, ahnus ja kibestumus. Järgneb veel üks mõrv ning sel ajal, kui kevadeilm saare klaustrofoobiat tekitavasse uttu mähib, peab Jimmy vanu saladusi üles kaevama, et mõrvar taas ei ründaks.

W Północnym Devonie trwa pogrzeb ojca Matthew Venna. Detektyw przygląda się uroczystości z oddali – nie byłby tam mile widziany. Przecież sam postanowił opuścić Bractwo. Gdy odwraca się, aby odejść, porzucając raz na zawsze ewangelicką wspólnotę, odbiera telefon od jednego ze współpracowników. Z rozmowy dowiaduje się, że na pobliskiej plaży znaleziono ciało mężczyzny z wytatuowanym na ramieniu ptakiem. Ta sprawa wciągnie Matthew z powrotem do społeczności, którą za wszelką cenę chciał opuścić, i odkryje mroczne tajemnice jej przeszłości.

When young teacher Anna Blackwell is found dead in her home, the police think her death was suicide or a tragic accident. After all, Stonebridge is a quiet country village in the Scottish Borders, where murders just don't happen. But Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez soon arrives from far-away Shetland when his ex-wife, Sarah, asks him to look into the case. The local gossips are saying that her new husband, Tom, was having an affair with Anna. Could Tom have been involved with her death? Sarah refuses to believe it - but needs proof. Anna had been a teacher. She must have loved kids. Would she kill herself knowing there was nobody to look after her daughter? She had seemed happier than ever before she died. And to Perez, this suggests not suicide, but murder...

This case was different from anything Vera had ever worked before. Two bodies, connected but not lying together. And nothing made her feel as alive as murder. Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist named Patrick, to look after the place while they're away. But Patrick is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley - a beautiful, lonely place to die. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene, with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of the big house - where Patrick has a flat - she finds the body of a second man. All the two victims have in common is a fascination with moths - catching these beautiful, rare creatures. The three couples who live in the Valley Farm development have secrets too: Annie and Sam's daughter is due to be released from prison any day; Nigel watches, silently, every day, from his window. As Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes that there may be deadly secrets trapped here . . .

North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder--Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed with a shard of one of his glassblower daughter's broken vases. Dr. Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. Then another body is found--killed in a similar way. Matthew soon finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home. DI Matthew Venn returns in The Heron's Cry, in Ann Cleeves powerful next novel, proving once again that she is a master of her craft.

When the Flemings—designer Helena and architect Daniel—move into a remote community in the north of Shetland, they think it's a fresh start for themselves and their children. But their arrival triggers resentment, and Helena begins to receive small drawings of a gallows and a hanged man. Gossip spreads like wildfire. A story of dysfunctional families and fractured relationships, Inspector Jimmy Perez's eighth case will intrigue series fans and Shetland Island newcomers alike.

Shetlandi saarestikku kuuluval tillukesel Fairi saarel, mida maailm tunneb eeskätt imepeente kudumite ja kuulsa linnuvaatlusjaama järgi, rullub lahti Agatha Christie vääriline mõrvamüsteerium. Ann Cleevesi kriminaalromaan paneb proovile lugeja tähelepanelikkuse, järeldusoskuse, inimesetundmise ja kaasaelamisvõime ning tutvustab ühtlasi eesti lugejale nii võõrapärast, ent teisest küljest ka tuttavlikku olustikku. Noor Shetlandi politseinik Jimmy Perez – see nimi pärineb enam kui neljasaja aasta tagant, ühelt Võitmatu Armaada madruselt – saabub koos oma armsama Franiga kodusaarele, et tähistada koos vanematega oma kihlust. Kihluspidu toimub linnuvaatlusjaama söögisaalis ja külalisteks kutsutakse ka vaatlusjaama personal ning kohalviibivad külastajad – kirglikud asjaarmastajatest linnuvaatlejad. Ning siis juhtub midagi ootamatut. Idülliline, vähem kui saja püsielanikuga saareke muutub tormist äralõigatuna omamoodi põrguks ja tormivangi jäänud linnuhuvilised peavad elama teadmisega, et nende keskel puhketoas ja nende ühises söögilauas istub mõrvar. Ainult et kes? Torm kestab, lahendus ei näi lähenevat. Kuni …

When the body of journalist Jerry Markham is found in a traditional Shetland boat, outside the house of the Fiscal, down at the Marina, young Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted in to head up the investigation. Since the death of his fiancee, Inspector Jimmy Perez has been out of the loop, but his interest in this new case is stirred and he decides to help the inquiry. Markham -- originally a Shetlander but who had made a name for himself in London -- had left the islands years before. In his wake, he left a scandal involving a young girl, Evie Watt, who is now engaged to a seaman. He had few friends in Shetland, so why was he back? Willow and Jimmy are led to Sullum Voe, the heart of Shetland's North Sea oil and gas industry. It soon emerges from their investigation that Markham was chasing a story in his final days. One that must have been significant enough to warrant his death ...

A visit to a local prison brings Inspector DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy—former detective superintendent, now inmate, John Brace. Convicted of corruption and involved in a suspicious death, it seems that Brace has mellowed in prison. Notorious wheeler and dealer Robbie Marshall has been presumed missing, but Brace knows he's dead and points Vera in the direction of his grave. The grave site is a shocking surprise, and the cold case takes Vera back in time—and close to home. Brace, Marshall, and a mysterious stranger know only as 'the Prof', were all close friends of her father, Hector. Hector was one of the last people…

At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water 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. In his mind, she shares his Mediterranean ancestry and soon he becomes obsessed with tracing her identity. Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit the house. Perez knows he must find out who she was, and how she died.

On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat. Vera takes the child and, driving on, she arrives at a place she knows well. Brockburn is a large, grand house in the wilds of Northumberland, now a little shabby and run down. It’s also where her father, Hector, grew up. Inside, there’s a party in full swing: music, Christmas lights and laughter. Outside, unbeknownst to the revelers, a woman lies dead in the snow. As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland countryside, Brockburn begins to give up its secrets, and as Vera digs deeper into her investigation, she also begins to uncover her family’s complicated past.