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Name: Cold earth
Author: Ann Cleeves

In the bleak Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crushes a house and reveals the body of a dark‑haired woman in a red silk dress. Sheriff Jimmy Perez, attending the burial of his friend Magnus Tait, witnesses the devastation and finds the corpse in the wreckage. He becomes determined to trace her identity and uncover how she died, launching a new investigation in the familiar setting of Cleeves’ successful Shetland series.

First publish date: 2016

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural

Authors: Ann Cleeves

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