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Ann Cleeves: BBC Radio collection
from archive.org
Ann Cleeves is well known for her 'Vera', 'Shetland', and 'Two Rivers' crime series, all of which have been adapted into hit TV shows. She was presented with the CWA Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 2017, and was appointed an OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours List for services to reading and libraries. This collection includes BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the first two 'Shetland' novels featuring Detective Jimmy Perez, as well as readings of four short stories.
Raven Black
It's mid-winter in Shetland, and a young woman is found strangled in a snow-covered field. Suspicion falls on elderly loner Magnus Tait - but Detective Jimmy Perez has a hunch the solution is not that simple.
Jimmy Perez ... Grant O'Rourke
Magnus ... John Shedden
Fran ..... Rosalind Sydney
Sally ... Clare Yuille
Robert ..... John Kielty
Duncan ..... Kenny Blyth
D.I. Taylor ..... Robin Laing
Euan ..... Greg Powrie
Annie Perez ..... Sandra Voe
Catherine ..... Melody Grove
Dramatised by Iain Finlay MacLeod
Directed by Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010
White Nights
It's mid-summer on the island, a time of white nights where the sun never quite leaves the sky. When a distressed stranger disrupts an art exhibition claiming amnesia, and is later found hanged, it seems a clear case of suicide. But Jimmy Perez has other ideas.
D.I. Jimmy Perez ..... Steven Robertson
Kenny ..... Finlay Welsh
Edith ..... Anne Lacey
Bella ..... Eileen McCallum
Fran ..... Tracy Wiles
D.I. Roy Taylor ..... Robin Laing
Peter ..... Steven McNicoll
Roddy ..... Finn den Hertog
Dramatised by Iain Finlay MacLeod
Directed by Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2011
The Soothmoothers
The tensions between three travellers on a business trip to Shetland spark a local woman's interest. By dawn the next day, DI Jimmy Perez is on the scene, investigating a violent crime.
Read by Marnie Baxter.
Secrets of Soil
Shetland detective Willow Reeves is returning to her childhood home on the Scottish island of North Uist to confront a dark secret from her past.
Read by Lesley Hart.
The Spinster
Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez interviews a Scottish spinster with a buried secret.
Read by Sheila Reid
The Queen of Mystery
Attending the Malice Domestic crime convention in Bethesda, Maryland, award-winning mystery writer Stella Monkhouse fears her star is starting to wane.
Read by Joanna Tope.
- Raven Black (26.1Mb)
- White Nights (26.1Mb)
- The Soothmoothers (6.3Mb)
- Secrets of Soil (6.3Mb)
- The Spinster (13.1Mb)
- The Queen of Mystery (6.4Mb)
MP3 files hosted by archive.org.