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  • Shetland, Book 7
  • By: Ann Cleeves
  • Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
  • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (201 ratings)
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Cold Earth

By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
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Summary

Long-listed, The McIlvanney Prize Scottish Crime Book of the Year

A body is found in the wreckage of a destroyed home. Consumed by the investigation, Inspector Jimmy Perez struggles for the truth in Cold Earth, the seventh Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves.

Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall.

In the black 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, Inspector Jimmy Perez watches the flood of peaty water and mud smash through a croft house in its path. Everyone thinks the croft is uninhabited, but in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. Perez becomes obsessed with finding out her identity and what she was doing there.

Then it emerges that she was already dead when the landslide hit the house and, suddenly, Perez finds himself with a murder to solve . . .

Continue the atmospheric crime series with Wild Fire, the final Shetland novel.

©2016 Ann Cleeves (P)2021 Isis Publishing Ltd

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Excellent next book in the series.

A very enjoyable story and excellent narration. Please write some more in this series

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Cold Earth

Good character development and detailed, atmosphere created of setting.
But the ending felt rushed and abrupt not matching the meticulous psychological writing in the rest of the book.

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Well narrated

Enjoyable story line, two many characters,,at times a bit confusing but nevertheless easy listening for a wet afternoon

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intriguing

difficult to put down, good story plot and great characters, the narrator was easy to listen to.

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Convoluted story

Well read but even more complex than other Shetland stories. I’m getting too old to remember all the comings and goings

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Brilliant writing

As always I enjoyed Ann Cleeves
Shetland adventures. All performances genuine.
Good plot good interaction between the characters always make them interesting listening
Enjoyed this story

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Shetland series no.7

Another great story by Anne Cleeves. I'm really enjoying this Series by Anne Cleeves.
Brilliant.

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Enjoyed

Excellent story and brilliantly read. Characters brought to life giving a real feel of the Shetland way of living

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Ann Cleeves ar her best

Another gripping story, told through a complex interweave of all too believable island and non-island individuals and families, their loves, their hates and their destinies - lightened by love

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Likeable reader, interesting story

Enjoyed this story very much, although knowing that it includes two thirds of the total number of murders in Shetland as there have in reality been in the last ten years does diminish the enjoyment a bit!

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