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Ann Cleeves Books in Order
Ann Cleeves is a British mystery crime writer. She wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn series, all three of which have been adapted into TV shows. In 2006 she won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for her novel Raven Black, the first novel in the Jimmy Perez series.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Ann Cleeves's book series? Ann Cleeves has written 8 book series. The most notable is the Inspector Ramsay series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Ann Cleeves
- #1
A Lesson In Dying(1990) - #2
Murder In My Backyard(1991) - #3
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy(1992) - #4
Killjoy(1993) - #5
The Healers(1995) - #6
The Baby Snatcher(1997)
- #1
The Lonely Man(2025) - #2The Killing Stones(2025)
- #1
A Bird in the Hand(1986) - #2
Come Death And High Water(1988) - #3
Murder In Paradise(1988) - #4
A Prey To Murder(1989) - #5
Another Man's Poison(1992) - #6
Sea Fever(1993) - #7
The Mill On The Shore(1994) - #8
High Island Blues(1996)
- #1
Raven Black(2006) - #2
White Nights(2008) - #3
Red Bones(2009) - #4Blue Lightning(2010)
- #5
Dead Water(2013) - #6
Thin Air(2014) - #7
Too Good To Be True(2016) - #8Cold Earth(2016)
- #9
Wild Fire(2018)
- #1
The Sleeping and the Dead(2001) - #2
Burial of Ghosts(2003) - #3
Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey(2016) - #4
Offshore(2014) - #5
Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology(2011) - #6
The Library Book(2012) - #7
Deadly Pleasures(2013) - #8
The Starlings & Other Stories(2015) - #9
Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime(2016) - #10
CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour(2017) - #11
Ten Year Stretch(2018) - #12
Bloody Scotland(2019) - #13
Many Deadly Returns(2021) - #14
An Unnecessary Assassin(2023) - #15
Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023(2023) - #16
Ink and Daggers(2023) - #17
Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club(2025)
- #1
The Long Call(2019) - #2
The Heron's Cry(2021) - #3
The Girls on the Shore(2022) - #4
The Raging Storm(2023)
- #1
The Crow Trap(1999) - #2Telling Tales(2005)
- #3
Hidden Depths(2007) - #4
Silent Voices(2010) - #5
The Glass Room(2012) - #6
Harbour Street(2014) - #7
The Moth Catcher(2015) - #8The Seagull(2017)
- #9
Frozen(2020) - #10
The Darkest Evening(2020) - #11
The Woman on the Island(2022) - #12
The Rising Tide(2022) - #13
The Dark Wives(2024)
About Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is a British mystery crime writer. She wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn series, all three of which have been adapted into TV shows. In 2006 she won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for her novel Raven Black, the first novel in the Jimmy Perez series.
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