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coroboreefarm
Apr 28, 2016
The television programme Shetland, Series 3 is currently airing on PBS television. This excellent show is based on an equally outstanding series of mysteries written by Ann Cleeves. Raven Black is the first in the series. Set in the remote Shetland Isles, and featuring the brooding D.I. Jimmy Perez and his more approachable D.C. Sandy Wilson, these books provide extensive detail about the culture and landscape of the various isles of Shetland, written in context of intricately plotted and often shocking crimes. Ann Cleeves is a masterful story teller. She uses atmospheric language and extensive detail to draw the reader into her dark and twisted plots and to her cold and somewhat claustrophobic landscapes. The books in the Shetland series should probably be read in sequence to fully appreciate the character development through the story arc.