Monday, March 31, 2008

What is Ann Cleeves reading?

The latest contributor to Writers Read: Ann Cleeves, winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award for best crime novel of 2006 for Raven Black, the first volume of her Shetland Quartet.

Her entry begins:
Well, I love European crime in translation. I've been asked to interview the Norwegian writer Karin Fossum at Crime Fest in Bristol in June, so I've been re-reading her backlist and catching up on her most recent titles. Her new book Broken isn't really crime fiction, but it is very creepy. It's about the process of imagination, I think. About how writers write. [read on]
The follow-up to Raven Black, White Nights, will be released this week in the UK and in September in the US.

Among the early praise for White Nights:
"In true Agatha Christie style, Cleeves once again pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction."
--Colin Dexter

"A most satisfying mystery set in an isolated and intriguing location."
--Peter Robinson
Visit Cleeves's website and read her online diary.

The Page 99 Test: Raven Black.

Writers Read: Ann Cleeves.

--Marshal Zeringue