Author · updated 2026
Ann Cleeves Books in Order
Every Ann Cleeves book in publication order — 42 in total, spanning 1986–2020.
Publication Order of Palmer-Jones Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Bird in the Hand | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Come Death And High Water | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Murder In Paradise | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Prey To Murder | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Another Man's Poison | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Sea Fever | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Mill On The Shore | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | High Island Blues | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Inspector Ramsay Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Lesson In Dying | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Murder In My Backyard | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Killjoy | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Healers | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Baby Snatcher | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Vera Stanhope Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Crow Trap | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Telling Tales | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Hidden Depths | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Silent Voices | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Glass Room | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Harbour Street | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Moth Catcher | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Seagull | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Frozen | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Darkest Evening | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Shetland Island Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raven Black | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | White Nights | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Red Bones | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Blue Lightning | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Dead Water | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Thin Air | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Too Good To Be True | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Cold Earth | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Wild Fire | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Shetland Island Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Two Rivers Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Long Call | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sleeping and the Dead | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Burial Of Ghosts | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Library Book | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Starlings & Other Stories | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Bloody Scotland | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 42, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Bird in the Hand | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Come Death And High Water | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Murder In Paradise | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Prey To Murder | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | A Lesson In Dying | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Murder In My Backyard | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Another Man's Poison | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Sea Fever | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Killjoy | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Mill On The Shore | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Healers | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | High Island Blues | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Baby Snatcher | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Crow Trap | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Sleeping and the Dead | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Burial Of Ghosts | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Telling Tales | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Raven Black | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Hidden Depths | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | White Nights | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Red Bones | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Silent Voices | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Blue Lightning | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Glass Room | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Library Book | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Dead Water | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Harbour Street | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Thin Air | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Moth Catcher | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Shetland | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Starlings & Other Stories | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Too Good To Be True | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Cold Earth | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Seagull | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Wild Fire | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The Long Call | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Bloody Scotland | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Frozen | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Darkest Evening | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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