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Home / Authors / Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves British author best known for the Vera Stanhope and Shetland series. Her books have sold millions worldwide and won the CWA Diamond Dagger. This page lists Ann Cleeves books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1986 A Bird in the Hand POoPB · 1 Buy ↗ 1988 Come Death And High Water POoPB · 2 Buy ↗ 1988 Murder In Paradise POoPB · 3 Buy ↗ 1989 A Prey To Murder POoPB · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 A Lesson In Dying POoIRB · 1 Buy ↗ 1991 Murder In My Backyard POoIRB · 2 Buy ↗ 1992 A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy POoIRB · 3 Buy ↗ 1992 Another Man's Poison POoPB · 5 Buy ↗ 1993 Killjoy POoIRB · 4 Buy ↗ 1993 Sea Fever POoPB · 6 Buy ↗ 1994 The Mill On The Shore POoPB · 7 Buy ↗ 1995 The Healers POoIRB · 5 Buy ↗ 1996 High Island Blues POoPB · 8 Buy ↗ 1997 The Baby Snatcher POoIRB · 6 Buy ↗ 1999 The Crow Trap POoVSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2001 The Sleeping and the Dead POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 Burial of Ghosts POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 Telling Tales POoVSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2006 Raven Black POoSIB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 Hidden Depths POoVSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 White Nights POoSIB · 2 Buy ↗ 2009 Red Bones POoSIB · 3 Buy ↗ 2010 Blue Lightning POoSIB · 4 Buy ↗ 2010 Silent Voices POoVSB · 4 Buy ↗ 2012 The Glass Room POoVSB · 5 Buy ↗ 2013 Dead Water POoSIB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 Offshore POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Thin Air POoSIB · 6 Buy ↗ 2014 Harbour Street POoVSB · 6 Buy ↗ 2015 Shetland POoSINB · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 The Moth Catcher POoVSB · 7 Buy ↗ 2016 Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2016 Too Good To Be True POoSIB · 7 Buy ↗ 2016 Cold Earth POoSIB · 8 Buy ↗ 2017 The Seagull POoVSB · 8 Buy ↗ 2018 Wild Fire POoSIB · 9 Buy ↗ 2019 The Long Call POoMV/TRB · 1 Buy ↗ 2020 Frozen POoVSB · 9 Buy ↗ 2020 The Darkest Evening POoVSB · 10 Buy ↗ 2021 The Heron's Cry POoMV/TRB · 2 Buy ↗ 2022 The Girls on the Shore POoMV/TRB · 3 Buy ↗ 2022 The Woman on the Island POoVSB · 11 Buy ↗ 2022 The Rising Tide POoVSB · 12 Buy ↗ 2023 The Raging Storm POoMV/TRB · 4 Buy ↗ 2023 Missing in the Snow POoSIB · 10 Buy ↗ 2024 The Dark Wives POoVSB · 13 Buy ↗ 2025 The Lonely Man POoWR&JPB · 1 Buy ↗ 2025 The Killing Stones POoWR&JPB · 2 Buy ↗ 2026 The Dying Light POoMV/TRB · 5 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Collections 1 book · 2014
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 2 books · 2001–2003
01 The Sleeping and the Dead 2001 Buy ↗ 02 Burial of Ghosts 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Palmer-Jones Books 8 books · 1986–1996
01 A Bird in the Hand 1986 Buy ↗ 02 Come Death And High Water 1988 Buy ↗ 03 Murder In Paradise 1988 Buy ↗ 04 A Prey To Murder 1989 Buy ↗ 05 Another Man's Poison 1992 Buy ↗ 07 The Mill On The Shore 1994 Buy ↗ 08 High Island Blues 1996 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Shetland Island Books 10 books · 2006–2023
04 Blue Lightning 2010 Buy ↗ 07 Too Good To Be True 2016 Buy ↗ 10 Missing in the Snow 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 2016
01 Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Inspector Ramsay Books 6 books · 1990–1997
01 A Lesson In Dying 1990 Buy ↗ 02 Murder In My Backyard 1991 Buy ↗ 03 A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy 1992 Buy ↗ 06 The Baby Snatcher 1997 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Matthew Venn / Two Rivers Books 5 books · 2019–2026
02 The Heron's Cry 2021 Buy ↗ 03 The Girls on the Shore 2022 Buy ↗ 04 The Raging Storm 2023 Buy ↗ 05 The Dying Light 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Shetland Island Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2015
Publication Order of Willow Reeves & Jimmy Perez Books 2 books · 2025–2025
01 The Lonely Man 2025 Buy ↗ 02 The Killing Stones 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Vera Stanhope Books 13 books · 1999–2024
05 The Glass Room 2012 Buy ↗ 06 Harbour Street 2014 Buy ↗ 07 The Moth Catcher 2015 Buy ↗ 10 The Darkest Evening 2020 Buy ↗ 11 The Woman on the Island 2022 Buy ↗ 12 The Rising Tide 2022 Buy ↗ 13 The Dark Wives 2024 Buy ↗