Wild Fire : A Shetland Island Mystery by Ann Cleeves (2018, Hardcover)

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"Wild Fire: A Shetland Island Mystery" by Ann Cleeves is the latest installment in the Shetland Island Mysteries Series, published by St. Martin's Press in 2018. The hardcover book features a gripping mystery set in the Shetland Islands, following the traditional detective genre with elements of police procedural and international crime. With a length of 8.6 inches and 416 pages, this English language novel is sure to captivate readers with its intriguing storyline and insightful characters. Perfect for fans of mystery and detective novels, "Wild Fire" promises to deliver a thrilling and engaging reading experience.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-101250124840
ISBN-139781250124845
eBay Product ID (ePID)242564839

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Book TitleWild Fire : a Shetland Island Mystery
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Publication Year2018
GenreFiction
AuthorAnn Cleeves
Book SeriesShetland Island Mysteries Ser.
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight16.4 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-013608
ReviewsPraise for Wild Fire : "A fantastic end to one of the key detective series of the past decade."--Ragnar Jonasson, author of The Darkness "Intricately plotted and elegantly written, this installment is billed as Perez's final case. Series fans will be sorry to see the last of him."-- Publishers Weekly (starred) "Compelling...Throughout the "Shetland Island" series, Cleeves lovingly depicts the Scottish island life, and this volume is no exception. Fans may be saddened but certainly not disappointed by this final installment."-- Library Journal (starred) "The final case in this complex, character-driven series is a tour de force."-- Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Shetland Island series: "Nothing short of riveting." --Louise Penny "In true Christie fashion, Cleeves once more pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction." --Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series "Intricate and engrossing...offers readers the pleasures of the traditional locked room/isolated island mystery." -- The Washington Post Book World "Every bit as good as we have come to expect from Cleeves." -- Reviewing The Evidence " Thin Air is perhaps the best and most compelling in the series so far." -- Curled Up With a Good Book "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "Cleeves is in her element in this extraordinary landscape, with its old croft houses and modern oil fields--and water, water everywhere."-- New York Times Book Review on Dead Water "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) on Dead Wate r "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "...Enough to freeze the blood."-- New York Times Book Review on Raven Black, Praise for the Shetland Island series: "Nothing short of riveting." --Louise Penny "In true Christie fashion, Cleeves once more pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction." --Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series "Intricate and engrossing...offers readers the pleasures of the traditional locked room/isolated island mystery." -- The Washington Post Book World "Every bit as good as we have come to expect from Cleeves." -- Reviewing The Evidence " Thin Air is perhaps the best and most compelling in the series so far." -- Curled Up With a Good Book "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "Cleeves is in her element in this extraordinary landscape, with its old croft houses and modern oil fields--and water, water everywhere."-- New York Times Book Review on Dead Water "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) on Dead Wate r "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "...Enough to freeze the blood."-- New York Times Book Review on Raven Black, Praise for Wild Fire : "The final case in this complex, character-driven series is a tour de force."-- Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Shetland Island series: "Nothing short of riveting." --Louise Penny "In true Christie fashion, Cleeves once more pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction." --Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series "Intricate and engrossing...offers readers the pleasures of the traditional locked room/isolated island mystery." -- The Washington Post Book World "Every bit as good as we have come to expect from Cleeves." -- Reviewing The Evidence " Thin Air is perhaps the best and most compelling in the series so far." -- Curled Up With a Good Book "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "Cleeves is in her element in this extraordinary landscape, with its old croft houses and modern oil fields--and water, water everywhere."-- New York Times Book Review on Dead Water "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) on Dead Wate r "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "...Enough to freeze the blood."-- New York Times Book Review on Raven Black, Praise for Wild Fire : "Intricately plotted and elegantly written, this installment is billed as Perez's final case. Series fans will be sorry to see the last of him."-- Publishers Weekly (starred) "The final case in this complex, character-driven series is a tour de force."-- Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Shetland Island series: "Nothing short of riveting." --Louise Penny "In true Christie fashion, Cleeves once more pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction." --Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series "Intricate and engrossing...offers readers the pleasures of the traditional locked room/isolated island mystery." -- The Washington Post Book World "Every bit as good as we have come to expect from Cleeves." -- Reviewing The Evidence " Thin Air is perhaps the best and most compelling in the series so far." -- Curled Up With a Good Book "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "Cleeves is in her element in this extraordinary landscape, with its old croft houses and modern oil fields--and water, water everywhere."-- New York Times Book Review on Dead Water "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) on Dead Wate r "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "...Enough to freeze the blood."-- New York Times Book Review on Raven Black, Praise for Wild Fire : "Intricately plotted and elegantly written, this installment is billed as Perez's final case. Series fans will be sorry to see the last of him."-- Publishers Weekly (starred) "Compelling...Throughout the "Shetland Island" series, Cleeves lovingly depicts the Scottish island life, and this volume is no exception. Fans may be saddened but certainly not disappointed by this final installment."-- Library Journal (starred) "The final case in this complex, character-driven series is a tour de force."-- Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Shetland Island series: "Nothing short of riveting." --Louise Penny "In true Christie fashion, Cleeves once more pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction." --Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series "Intricate and engrossing...offers readers the pleasures of the traditional locked room/isolated island mystery." -- The Washington Post Book World "Every bit as good as we have come to expect from Cleeves." -- Reviewing The Evidence " Thin Air is perhaps the best and most compelling in the series so far." -- Curled Up With a Good Book "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "Cleeves is in her element in this extraordinary landscape, with its old croft houses and modern oil fields--and water, water everywhere."-- New York Times Book Review on Dead Water "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) on Dead Wate r "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "...Enough to freeze the blood."-- New York Times Book Review on Raven Black, Praise for Wild Fire : "A fantastic end to one of the key detective series of the past decade."--Ragnar Jonasson, author of The Darkness "Intricately plotted and elegantly written, this installment is billed as Perez's final case. Series fans will be sorry to see the last of him."-- Publishers Weekly (starred) "Compelling...Throughout the "Shetland Island" series, Cleeves lovingly depicts the Scottish island life, and this volume is no exception. Fans may be saddened but certainly not disappointed by this final installment."-- Library Journal (starred) "The final case in this complex, character-driven series is a tour de force."-- Kirkus Reviews " Wild Fire is one of the best books in her long series. It's the perfect end for this complex character wedded to this past and this place."-- Globe and Mail Praise for the Shetland Island series: "Nothing short of riveting." --Louise Penny "In true Christie fashion, Cleeves once more pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction." --Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series "Intricate and engrossing...offers readers the pleasures of the traditional locked room/isolated island mystery." -- The Washington Post Book World "Every bit as good as we have come to expect from Cleeves." -- Reviewing The Evidence " Thin Air is perhaps the best and most compelling in the series so far." -- Curled Up With a Good Book "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "Cleeves is in her element in this extraordinary landscape, with its old croft houses and modern oil fields--and water, water everywhere."-- New York Times Book Review on Dead Water "Cleeves has an unusually deft hand with characters; not one of them seems purely plot functional, and Perez's characters keeps deepening with each book."-- Booklist (starred) on Dead Wate r "Absorbing...Cleeves keeps readers guessing until the final page."-- Publishers Weekly on Dead Water "...Enough to freeze the blood."-- New York Times Book Review on Raven Black
Series Volume Number8
SynopsisWild Fire is the much-anticipated final entry in Ann Cleeves's beloved Shetland series, which is now a hit television show starring Douglas Henshall. Nothing short of riveting. --Louise Penny on Blue Lightning Gripping from start to finish. -- Booklist Jimmy Perez is a fine creation. -- Peter Robinson The betrayal of those closest burns most of all . . . Hoping for a fresh start, an English family moves to the remote Shetland islands, eager to give their autistic son a better life. But when a young nanny's body is found hanging in the barn beside their home, rumors of her affair with the husband spread like wildfire. As suspicion and resentment of the family blazes in the community, Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate. He knows it will mean his boss, Willow Reeves, returning to run the investigation, and confronting their complex relationship. With families fracturing and long-hidden lies emerging, Jimmy faces the most disturbing case of his career., Wild Fire is the much-anticipated final entry in Ann Cleeves's beloved Shetland series, which is now a hit television show starring Douglas Henshall. "Nothing short of riveting." --Louise Penny on Blue Lightning "Gripping from start to finish." -- Booklist "Jimmy Perez is a fine creation." -- Peter Robinson The betrayal of those closest burns most of all . . . Hoping for a fresh start, an English family moves to the remote Shetland islands, eager to give their autistic son a better life. But when a young nanny's body is found hanging in the barn beside their home, rumors of her affair with the husband spread like wildfire. As suspicion and resentment of the family blazes in the community, Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate. He knows it will mean his boss, Willow Reeves, returning to run the investigation, and confronting their complex relationship. With families fracturing and long-hidden lies emerging, Jimmy faces the most disturbing case of his career.
LC Classification NumberPR6053.L45W55 2018

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