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: January 2026

Book Series by Ann Cleeves

  • #1
    A Lesson In Dying(1990)
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  • #2
    Murder In My Backyard(1991)
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  • #3
    A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy(1992)
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  • #4
    Killjoy(1993)
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  • #5
    The Healers(1995)
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    The Baby Snatcher(1997)
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    The Lonely Man(2025)
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  • #2
    The Killing Stones(2025)
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    A Bird in the Hand(1986)
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  • #2
    Come Death And High Water(1988)
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  • #3
    Murder In Paradise(1988)
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  • #4
    A Prey To Murder(1989)
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  • #5
    Another Man's Poison(1992)
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  • #6
    Sea Fever(1993)
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  • #7
    The Mill On The Shore(1994)
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  • #8
    High Island Blues(1996)
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    The Sleeping and the Dead(2001)
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  • #2
    Burial of Ghosts(2003)
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  • #3
    Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey(2016)
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  • #4
    Offshore(2014)
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  • #5
    Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology(2011)
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  • #6
    The Library Book(2012)
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  • #7
    Deadly Pleasures(2013)
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  • #8
    The Starlings & Other Stories(2015)
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  • #9
    Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime(2016)
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  • #10
    CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour(2017)
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  • #11
    Ten Year Stretch(2018)
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  • #12
    Bloody Scotland(2019)
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  • #13
    Many Deadly Returns(2021)
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  • #14
    An Unnecessary Assassin(2023)
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  • #15
    Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023(2023)
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  • #16
    Ink and Daggers(2023)
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  • #17
    Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club(2025)
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  • #1
    The Long Call(2019)
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  • #2
    The Heron's Cry(2021)
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  • #3
    The Girls on the Shore(2022)
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  • #4
    The Raging Storm(2023)
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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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