Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves is a British mystery crime writer born in 1954. She is best known for creating three detective series that have all been adapted into television shows: the Vera Stanhope series, the Jimmy Perez series, and the Matthew Venn series. Cleeves won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger in 2006 for Raven Black, the first novel in her Jimmy Perez series. This award recognized her contribution to crime fiction and helped establish her prominence in the genre. Her work has found significant success both in print and on screen, with multiple series based on her characters reaching audiences through television adaptations.

Books by Ann Cleeves

• The Long Call (2019)
• The Heron's Cry (2021)
• The Darkest Evening (2020)
• The Rising Tide (2022)
• The Killing Stones (2025)
• The Raging Storm (2023)
• The Dark Wives (2024)
• The Crow Trap (2001)
• Many Deadly Returns (2021)
• The Starlings & Other Stories (2015)
• Best Eaten Cold & Other Stories (2014)
• The Dying Light (2026)
• Raven Black (2006)
• White Nights (2008)
• Red Bones (2009)
• The Long Call (2019)
• The Raging Storm (2023)
• The Girls on the Shore (2022)
• Blue Lightning (2010)
• Dead Water (2013)
• Telling Tales (2004)
• Thin Air (2014)
• Cold Earth (2016)
• Wild Fire (2018)
• Hidden Depths (2007)
• Silent Voices (2011)
• Too Good To Be True (2016)
• The Glass Room (2012)
• Harbour Street (2014)
• The Moth Catcher (2015)
• The Seagull (2017)
• Frozen (2020)
• The Woman on the Island (2022)