My huge thanks to @emmaharrow.bsky.social for a surprise finished hardback of The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social coming from @panmacmillan.bsky.social 7thOctober. Feeling very spoilt! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ann-...

This is it! Can’t wait and hope you can join us!

I’ll be chatting to my hero Sara Paretsky about the new Jimmy Perez with @barnesandnoble.com on September 30th. My only US event! Details here: BNTheKillingStones.eventbrite.com

For lovers of Shetland, I’ll be at the Exchange North Shields on October 1st to talk about my new Jimmy Perez. First gig of the tour (obvs). Deets from the fab @forumbooks.bsky.social .

If you’d like to catch up with Jimmy Perez before following his new adventure in Orkney, Wild Fire, the last Shetland book, will be £1.99 on Kindle for the whole of September.

Well, looks as if I’ll be busy this autumn. Do come along to hear me chat about Jimmy Perez’s new life in Orkney if you can. And murder obvs.

For lovers of audio in the US, here’s a chance to pick up the first 4 Jimmy Perez books on Chirp at an amazing price!

Delighted to be part of this fine festival with 'Shore Lines' at #Wooler library on Tues 7th Oct (7pm) Ace stories by @anncleeves.bsky.social @joscottheritage.bsky.social Tony Glover & Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social Tickets via www.berwickliteraryfestival.com @visitberwick.bsky.social

If you’re a Matthew Venn fan, the 2nd in the series The Heron’s Cry is a Kindle Deal in August. Only 99p to take you back to North Devon!

Want to know how Jimmy Perez came to be in Orkney? Find out here. Offer ends August 17th.

More murder coming your way...We'll be reading 'Mud' by Ann Cleeves as part of this autumn's 'Shore Lines' tour of 17 venues across the Borderlands @anncleeves.bsky.social #Reading #fiction #stories #culture #Literature #entertainment #Northumberland #Cumbria

Wow!! What a night launching #DEADLINE the fab debut thriller from @stephmcgovern.bsky.social 💙 thanks to Steph & @anncleeves.bsky.social for brilliant interview & all who came 🙌 Gorgeous signed indie editions available from us if you missed www.forumbooksshop.com/product/dead...

“First one’s (nearly) free”. Then they’re hooked for life. :)

Want to see where Shetland started? Raven Black is a Kindle Monthly Deal. Only 99p throughout July.

The final shot of Vera Series 12 Episode 2 'For the Grace of God' is to me exactly how i visualise Vera's first appearance in 'The Crow Trap' book. Vera's take on Raymond Chandler's "man with a gun" @anncleeves.bsky.social

My home for the next 13 hours as I head south. Goodby Shetland!

I'm so excited that one of my short stories is featuring again in this year's tour! Thank you, Stephen, and I'm hugely honoured to be there alongside such prestigious writers 😍 @anncleeves.bsky.social, Linda Bracknell & @tonyglover.bsky.social

Guess where we've been today? At the cakefest that was the official launch of Shetland Noir 2026! The first headline author was announced - it's LEE CHILD! Thanks for all the cake, @anncleeves.bsky.social 🙂 @leechild58.bsky.social - is this really you, Lee? 🙂 www.shetlandarts.org/blog/shetlan...

Am I feeling smug because I got the washing on the line and dry before the rain came? Yes I am.

It’s grim up north…

For lovers of the Shetland series and in preparation for the new Jimmy Perez book, The Killing Stones, this autumn, White Nights will be a June Kindle deal, available for only 99p! Or if you can afford it support your indie bookshop and pay full price…

This Saturday! Celebrate 25 years of criminally good writing from Murder Squad with @anncleeves.bsky.social @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social @kateellisauthor.bsky.social @murphynovels.bsky.social Chris Simms and me. Online with Liverpool Book Club. 6pm. It's free!! Book now! liverpoolbookclub.co.uk

Jimmy Perez is back! And this time he's solving crime on Orkney! Don't miss this opportunity to hear @anncleeves.bsky.social discuss her latest crime novel, right here in #Linlithgow on the 8th of October! Tickets here: www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com/collections/...

Celebrating 25 years of Murder Squad - @anncleeves.bsky.social @kateellisauthor.bsky.social @murphynovels.bsky.social @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social Chris Simms and me - online with Liverpool Book Club on 31st May at 6pm. Free. Book now! liverpoolbookclub.co.uk

I’ll be at Bath Literary Festival on Sunday afternoon. It would be lovely to see you there.

Eek! In the ACC in Liverpool at the BNA conference, about to talk to a bunch of neuro-scientists about Reading for Wellbeing… Wish me luck!

A new Jimmy Perez novel! Swoon!

For 2days only! Preorder my new Jimmy Perez novel The Killing Stones here for 25% off: bn.com with code PREORDER25. Members only but you can sign up here: Barnesandnoble.com/membership/

Ha ha 🙂 If @anncleeves.bsky.social is taking Jimmy from us, we’re having Vera!

Thrilling insights with @anncleeves.bsky.social and Denise Mina talking crime fiction @ Deadly the festival of women writing crime @britishlibrary.bsky.social

Nor me! Turns out that my mate Steph writes a pretty scary crime novel…

Can’t wait for this event with Vera/Shetland creator: @anncleeves.bsky.social Tickets available here: www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...

2000 people in Newcastle’s City Hall saying goodbye to Vera. The only place for a proper farewell.

Frosty morning here in Keswick. Thanks to everyone who came along to Words on the Water yesterday.

A huge thanks to everyone who came to Newcastle City Hall last night for a marvellous evening to celebrate all things Vera. A very special evening!

I do hope you love this cover as much as I do!

DETECTIVE JIMMY PEREZ IS BACK. Revealing the cover for #TheKillingStones by @anncleeves.bsky.social- rediscover Perez investigating the murder of a childhood friend in the ancient lands of the Orkney Islands Out 7 October 2025, available to pre-order now: buff.ly/KdKiXDA

A week since the beginning of @baytales.bsky.social 2025 and I am still smiling. Friendly, kind, funny - #baytales25 was like the best of mates in book festival form. Cannot wait until #baytales26 - the only way to celebrate the arrival of spring ❤️ @anncleeves.bsky.social @vpeanuts.bsky.social

You really don’t want to miss this…

Raising funds for the fabulous Shiremoor Adventure Playground🙌 Thanks @anncleeves.bsky.social @stephmcgovern.bsky.social and Brenda!

A damp day here in Ennis, but a soft gentle rain that won’t keep me inside. Exploring the town before the book club festival this evening.

A week tomorrow is p/b publication day of The Dark Wives. And our fundraiser in the City Hall with Brenda Blethyn and friends to celebrate Shiremoor Adventure Playground

Thanks to ThrillerFest for this great honour.

Huge congratulations to New York Times bestselling author @anncleeves.bsky.social, nominated for Best Series Novel, ITW Thrillerfest Awards 2025. The Dark Wives is the latest book in the Vera Stanhope series.

Thanks so much Pam. I'm glad you enjoyed it. But it's the readers who make it so special.

My short blog post about Baytales 25, the only crime festival in the north east of England. HT to @vpeanuts.bsky.social and @anncleeves.bsky.social and an army of volunteers for an excellent festival! pamjplumb.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/b...

Ooh look at this! I’m an ITW Thriller Awards nominee.

Lovely to meet you @riverstonebooks.bsky.social !

North East folk - my brilliant friend @anncleeves.bsky.social is going to be interviewing me about my debut thriller ‘Deadline’ — tickets come with a signed copy of my book! Would love to see you there: www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...