Once acquired, a person’s taste for sweater detectives can become voracious, compelling fans to trade recommendations in ...

First of the Detective Matthew Venn books, by Ann Cleeves. Minotaur Books, 2019. “The book is nicely rounded, balancing intellectual and emotional qualities in an engaging story. This along with ...

Hard-drinking philosopher detective Jack Laidlaw isn’t the only ... Raven Black is the first book of eight in Ann Cleeves’ Shetland series, which was adapted into the television series Shetland.

Brenda Blethyn has announced that she is departing the long-running detective series "Vera" after ... aired in May 2011 and ...

Just weeks after millions of viewers bid a sad farewell to Vera, its author Ann Cleeves has confirmed the return of another popular TV detective, after their exit from a primetime drama also upset ...

The setting is a prototypical English town during a fair. The detective, Inspector Ramsay, is... In Cleeves's excellent third Shetland Island thriller (after White Nights ), Insp. Jimmy Perez ...

Brenda Blethyn, who has played Vera Stanhope on ITV for 14 years, and Ann Cleeves, who created the character, were presented ...

The women behind TV’s favourite North East detective were honoured by the Royal Television Society – as the show brought ...

Crime writer Ann Cleeves and TV presenter and farmer Matt Baker are among those being awarded in the Queen's New Year Honours list. Ms Cleeves, creator of detective series such as Vera Stanhope ...

Actor Brenda Blethyn and writer Ann Cleeves received Outstanding Contribution honours at Saturday's Royal Television Society ...

Just weeks after British star Brenda Blethyn bowed out as TV detective Vera Stanhope, she’s confirmed she would be keen on a ...