Best reads - Club Together Book Club?

As I said before, I think her books are better than the TV series. I’ve read a few Vera’s now and most of the Shetland books and Long Call which I thought left the TV program way behind. I’ll be looking for more soon.

She has written two earlier series, The Palmer -Jones and the Inspector Ramsay series, but they are not as good, IMO, but others may like them. The P-J series has a birdwatching element to them.

Edit.

Have just looked and there are 10 full books and a novella in the Vera series, and 8 full, a novella and a non fiction one in the Shetland series. Ref Fantastic Fiction

Yep, that’s where I get my lists from, Nellie👍🏻

Ann Cleeves has a Matthew Venn short story out - The Girls on the Shore.

And a new Vera coming in September - The Rising Tide.

I've read all her early back catalogue, and I think each series got better. By the Inspector Ramsey books she was getting onto her stride - and hit the right note with Vera and Shetland. She was awarded an MBE (I think) this year for her service to libraries.

You can still hear Ann Cleeves on Desert Island Discs, it was an interesting programme about her life (2019)

I'm now into another totally different book The Quest for Queen Mary edited by Hugo Vickers from James Pope-Hennessy's book where all the notes he took to write the book are revealed. Last night I read a detailed description of Sandringham....even the bedroom of our present HMQ. 

Just finished Lee Child’s most recent Jack Reacher book (Better off Dead) from our library written with his younger brother Andrew.  I found it a much better story than the last book with a decent plot and Reacher being a bit more Tech savvy.  So back to Traitors and Rebels which I find is a book I can break off easily to read others and still follow the characters through the Civil War.  Also to the rest of my library books – picked Lin Anderson’s The Killing Tide which could be interesting – based around Orkney.

For fans of Michael Connelly, the latest in the Ballard & Bosch series, "The Dark Hours" is on the kindle daily deal offer today for 99p! Too good an offer to turn down! 

Good to see your post - it jogged my memory to check our library re the Harry Bosch book.  I found they have it out on loan at present so placed a reservation.  Don’t know how many more people are on the reserved list so it may be a while before I get to read it. Thanks.

Thanks, M, just downloaded it.

At the moment I'm catching up with a quick read through of The Sideman before reading the next Caro Ramsey, The Red Red Snow. Although each in the series is a separate story the following one is so closely linked to the previous one I need to recheck what happened before to fully follow the new story.