Order of Ann Cleeves Books
Ann Cleeves is a British author of crime fiction, mystery and thriller novels. Ann worked a number of jobs, including working as a child care officer, women’s refuge leader, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard and then went back to college to become a probation officer. Her first series that she wrote featured elderly naturalist George Palmer-Jones – a couple of which Ann admits are “seriously dreadful.” Since then, she has written the Inspector Ramsay, Vera Stanhope and Shetland Island series.
Ann Cleeves made her debut as a published novelist in 1986 with A Bird in the Hand. Below is a list of Ann Cleeves’ books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Palmer-Jones Books
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A Bird in the Hand |
(1986) |
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Come Death And High Water |
(1988) |
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Murder In Paradise |
(1988) |
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A Prey To Murder |
(1989) |
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Another Man’s Poison |
(1992) |
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Sea Fever |
(1993) |
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The Mill On The Shore |
(1994) |
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High Island Blues |
(1996) |
Publication Order of Inspector Ramsay Books
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A Lesson In Dying |
(1990) |
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Murder In My Backyard |
(1991) |
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A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy |
(1992) |
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Killjoy |
(1993) |
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The Healers |
(1995) |
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The Baby Snatcher |
(1997) |
Publication Order of Vera Stanhope Books
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The Crow Trap |
(1999) |
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Telling Tales |
(2005) |
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Hidden Depths |
(2007) |
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Silent Voices |
(2010) |
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The Glass Room |
(2012) |
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Harbour Street |
(2014) |
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The Moth Catcher |
(2015) |
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The Seagull |
(2017) |
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Frozen |
(2020) |
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The Darkest Evening |
(2020) |
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The Woman on the Island |
(2022) |
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The Rising Tide |
(2022) |
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The Dark Wives |
(2024) |
Publication Order of Shetland Island Books
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Raven Black |
(2006) |
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White Nights |
(2008) |
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Red Bones |
(2009) |
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Blue Lightning |
(2010) |
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Dead Water |
(2013) |
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Thin Air |
(2014) |
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Too Good To Be True |
(2016) |
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Cold Earth |
(2016) |
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Wild Fire |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Shetland Island Non-Fiction Books
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Shetland |
(2015) |
Publication Order of Two Rivers Books
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The Long Call |
(2019) |
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The Heron’s Cry |
(2021) |
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The Girls on the Shore |
(2022) |
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The Raging Storm |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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The Sleeping and the Dead |
(2001) |
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Burial of Ghosts |
(2003) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Collections
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Offshore |
(2014) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology |
(2011) |
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The Library Book |
(2012) |
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Deadly Pleasures |
(2013) |
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The Starlings & Other Stories |
(2015) |
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Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime |
(2016) |
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CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour |
(2017) |
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Ten Year Stretch |
(2018) |
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Bloody Scotland |
(2019) |
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Many Deadly Returns |
(2021) |
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An Unnecessary Assassin |
(2023) |
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Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023 |
(2023) |
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Ink and Daggers |
(2023) |
Notes: Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime also has stories by Mark Billingham, Harlan Coben, P.D. James, Val McDermid and Steve Mosby. Bloody Scotland also includes stories by Lin Anderson, Chris Brookmyre, Doug Johnstone, Stuart MacBride, Val McDermid, Peter May, Denise Mina, Craig Robertson and Sara Sheridan.