White Nights (Shetland, 2) - Softcover

Cleeves, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447274458 ISBN 13: 9781447274452

Verlag: Pan Books, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Following on from the award-winning Raven Black, White Nights is the second title in Ann Cleeves' popular Shetland crime series featuring Detective Jimmy Perez.When Shetland detective Jimmy Perez finds a body in a hut used by fishermen it seems to be a straightforward case of suicide. He recognizes the victim - a stranger with amnesia who had disrupted a local party the night before his death.Yet this is no desperate act of anguish, but the work of a cold and calculating killer. As Perez investigates, he finds himself mired in the hidden secrets of the small Biddista community., Then another body is found.Perez knows he must break the cycle before another death occurs. But this is a crazy time of year when night blurs into day and nothing is quite as it seems . ., .

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White Nights is the second book in Ann Cleeves' bestselling Shetland series - a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall. When Shetland detective Jimmy Perez finds a body in a hut used by fishermen it seems to be a straightforward case of suicide. He recognizes the victim - a stranger with amnesia who had disrupted a local party the night before his death. Yet this is no desperate act of anguish, but the work of a cold and calculating killer. As Perez investigates, he finds himself mired in the hidden secrets of the small Biddista community. Then another body is found. Perez knows he must break the cycle before another death occurs. But this is a crazy time of year when night blurs into day and nothing is quite as it seems . . .

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The body hung from a thick noose. Only when Perez went a few steps further did he see the mask, grinning.
At first, the hanging body seems to be a straightforward case of suicide. Shetland detective Jimmy Perez recognizes the victim - a stranger with amnesia who had disrupted a local party the night before his death.
Soon Perez realizes that this was no desperate act of anguish, but the work of a cold and calculating killer. And the small Biddista community is determined to keep its secrets.
Then another body is found . . .
Perez knows he must break the cycle before another death occurs. But this is a crazy time of year when night blurs into day and nothing is quite as it seems . . .
'In true Agatha Christie style, Cleeves once again pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction' Colin Dexter
'A pleasure to read. Interesting characters, great setting, intriguing plot . . . And the bonus when we finish is that we know we've got two more to look forward to' Reginald Hill
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• Verlag: Pan Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1447274458
• ISBN 13: 9781447274452
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416