Order of Shetland Island Books

Order of Shetland Island Books

Shetland Island by Ann Cleeves


The Shetland Island series is a series of mystery/thriller novels by English author Ann Cleeves. The featured character in the series is Inspector Jimmy Perez. The series was adapted into a television drama on BBC One starring Douglas Henshall.

Ann Cleeves began her Shetland Island series in 2006 with Raven Black. Originally intended as a quartet, the series continued far beyond that. Below is a list of Ann Cleeves’ Shetland Island books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Shetland Island Books

Raven Black

(2006)

White Nights

(2008)

Red Bones

(2009)

Blue Lightning

(2010)

Dead Water

(2013)

Thin Air

(2014)

Too Good To Be True

(2016)

Cold Earth

(2016)

Wild Fire

(2018)

Publication Order of Shetland Island Non-Fiction Books

Shetland

(2015)