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title: "Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries (Shetland Island Mysteries, 1) Paperback – June 24, 2008"
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# Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries (Shetland Island Mysteries, 1) Paperback – June 24, 2008

**Brand:** ann cleeves
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- **What is this?** Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries (Shetland Island Mysteries, 1) Paperback – June 24, 2008 by ann cleeves
- **How much does it cost?** VT8819 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    So richly detailed
  

*by K***M on Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2023*

I felt as though I was right there and that all the characters were believeable people.  Richly written great story line and unexpected but believeable twists.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent setting, good characters, fair story
  

*by K***E on Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2011*

I was drawn to this story because of its setting in the Shetland Islands and I was not disappointed. The author writes well about island life among people in a remote area where there are no secrets except the ones that are most terrible. The story centers around two murders of young women - one eight years ago and one recent. Both girls were recently seen in the company of Magnus, the town's odd-man-out, whose limited intellect, sheltered life, and domination by his controlling mother, even in death, does not bode well for the poor guy to defend himself.The story takes place shortly after New Years when everything is still and frozen and coated in snow - the chill of the season goes perfectly with the chill of the events. Magnus himself is a sa man hungry for companionship and fascinated by the two beautiful young women who show up at his house on New Years Eve, drunk and being silly. When one of them lies dead in a snow-covered field a few hours later Magnus' problems begin.From the beginning I liked Magnus and felt sorry for him. It was clear he was in a completely disadvantaged position but who, among the cast of local characters, could be the killer. The hero of the story, handsome detective Jimmy Perez (please, authors, can we stop giving handsome heroes ridiculous diminutive names) is quickly on the case and both the mystery and a romance ensue.Ann Cleeves is one of those writers whose writing is so clean and straight-forward that it never distracts you from the story. Her chracters are believable and mostly likable. As the plot begins to unravel and we see how everything occurred I can't say I was surprised by anything - it was well-done but not remarkable. I would definitely read other books in this series and found the books particularlymemorable for its portrait of Shetland Island life.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Raven Black is a deservedly award winning mystery novel
  

*by C***O on Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017*

This is the first book in this series and it is outstanding. I bought it in hardcover when it first came out. I read it and was thoroughly engrossed in the mystery. It is an excellent mystery. Back then, I did not write many reviews so I have never reviewed this book before even though it is so memorable that years later it sticks in my mind. (I am old now, officially eligible for senior discounts; my mind is less sticky than it was when I was younger.)I bought this book in hardcover when it was first published because I was (and am) a fan of this author's older novels, many featuring bird watchers. The author has developed tremendously as a writer and plotter since those earlier mysteries.Some readers may find that the discovery of the teenage girl's body in the snow is gruesome. There are ravens in this novel and they are carrion eaters.  Long time mystery readers like me are not grossed out. It is fiction, after all. Actually, I have read enough by now to know that, in real life, violent death is even more gruesome than portrayed in any fictional novel or any TV crime show. (Just a hint to some gentle readers, we do not want to find real dead bodies in real life.)The body is discovered near the home of a man who is considered a crazy anti-social person. He becomes the primary suspect. The detective is a youngish man with a Spanish surname, a tad bit unusual in the Shetland Islands. To solve the crime, he needs to reconstruct the life of the young victim. The Shetland Islands are the kind of place where the same families live there for centuries. Newcomers and outsiders are viewed with suspicion and long term resident families have social advantages over newcomers. The reader needs to sort through all the red herrings to determine who the killer is. I remember that I did not "solve" this mystery.

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