White Nights (Shetland, 2) - Hardcover

Cleeves, Ann

4.03

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9780230014459: White Nights (Shetland, 2)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230014453 ISBN 13: 9780230014459

Publisher: Macmillan, 2008

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It’s midsummer in Shetland, the time of the white nights, when birds sing at midnight and the sun never sets.

Artist Bella Sinclair throws a party to launch an exhibition of her work and to introduce the paintings of Fran Hunter. The Herring House, the gallery where the exhibition is held, is on the beach at Biddista, in the remote north west of the island. When a mysterious Englishman bursts into tears and claims not to know who he is or where he’s come from, the evening ends in farce.

The following day the Englishman is found hanging from a rafter in a boathouse on the jetty, a clown’s mask on his face. Detective Jimmy Perez is convinced that this is a local murder. He is reinforced in this belief when Roddy, Bella’s musician nephew is murdered too. But the detective’s relationship with Fran Hunter clouds his judgement. And this is a crazy time of the year when night blurs into day and nothing is quite as it seems.

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Review:

'...one of the best things about the novel is Cleeves's affectionate portrait of this small rural community.' -- Sunday Times, Culture

'A most satisfying mystery set in an isolated and intriguing location' -- Peter Robinson

'Ann Cleeves intriguing mystery is tangentially energised by the "simmer dim", a midsummer craziness attributed to the midnight sun' -- Financial Times

'It's a good, character-led mystery, which displays the art of storytelling without recourse to slash and grab.' -- Sunday Telegraph Seven

'North novelist Ann Cleeves has unveiled the sequel to the book that landed her the world's top crime-writing prize.' -- Sunday Sun

'Temote and enclosed, Shetland is an excellent background for crime fiction...A carefully constructed, atmospheric and interesting mystery'
-- Literary Review

'The book is wonderful to read: powerful at conveying a way of life that has almost vanished.'
-- Eurocrime.com

'This is wonderful...Part of the wonder of this book is the domestic detail that becomes iconic within the novel.' -- Radio Four's Front Row

'White Nights is a pleasure to read.Interesting characters, great setting, intriguing plot, and nothing to turn the sensitive stomach'
-- Reginald Hill

'White Nights was a pleasurable read with its isolated location, host of interesting characters and intriguing plot.' -- Shotsmag

Book Description:

The thrilling new Shetland novel following RAVEN BLACK.

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