Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



Cold earth  Cover Image Book Book

Cold earth / Ann Cleeves.

Cleeves, Ann, (author.).

Summary:

"In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of an old friend, Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud smash through a house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the rubble he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. Perez soon becomes obsessed with tracing her identity. Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit. Perez feels bound by duty--and something more powerful--to find out who she was, and how she died." -- page [4] of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250182135
  • ISBN: 1250182131
  • Physical Description: 392 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First Minotaur Books Paperback Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan." -- Title page verso.
Subject: Perez, Jimmy (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > Scotland > Shetland > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation.
Perez, Jimmy (Fictitious character)
Police.
Scotland > Shetland.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library F CLEEVES SHETLAND V.7 (Text) 000152817 Fiction Available -

Syndetic Solutions - Summary for ISBN Number 9781250182135
Cold Earth : A Shetland Mystery
Cold Earth : A Shetland Mystery
by Cleeves, Ann
Rate this title:
vote data
Click an element below to view details:

Summary

Cold Earth : A Shetland Mystery


Cold Earth is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves' beloved Shetland series, which is now a major success for the BBC, and available to stream in the US. From Ann Cleeves, winner of the Crime Writers Association's Diamond Dagger Award, comes Cold Earth. In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main road and sweeps down to the sea. At the burial of his old friend Magnus Tait, Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and water smash through a house in its path. Everyone thinks the home is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. Perez soon becomes obsessed with tracing her identity and realizes he must find out who she was and how she died. Cold Earth is the seventh book in the beloved Shetland series, which is now a major success for the BBC.

Additional Resources