Books by Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves, a celebrated crime writer and winner of the 2006 Golden Dagger prize, finds inspiration in Nordic crime fiction and is gripped by the sense of loss and isolation that permeates the rural communities in the novels she has chosen. She began writing when she and her husband were the only residents on an island nature reserve in the Dee estuary.
Interviews with Ann Cleeves
The Best Nordic Crime Novels, recommended by Ann Cleeves
With their bleak, isolated backdrops and dysfunctional, melancholic lead detectives, Nordic crime novels have captured readers around the world. Award-winning British crime writer Ann Cleeves picks some of her favourites from around the region.