Ann Cleeves
@anncleeves.bsky.social
Reader, crime-writer and advocate for libraries and the Reading for Wellbeing project. Creator of Vera Stanhope, Shetland and Matthew Venn, among others.
I’ll be in the Accidental Bookshop Alnwick this evening. Signing and chatting and celebrating this brilliant shop. Hope to see you there!
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I’ll be in the Accidental Bookshop Alnwick this evening. Signing and chatting and celebrating this brilliant shop. Hope to see you there!
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As the author @anncleeves.bsky.social says (whose latest Vera book is set in a children's home with offshore private equity owners) - imagine how many lives could be changed, if we just changed our approach and belief in what's possible.
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
As the author @anncleeves.bsky.social says (whose latest Vera book is set in a children's home with offshore private equity owners) - imagine how many lives could be changed, if we just changed our approach and belief in what's possible.
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Mark Steel last night and 'Shetland' tonight.
We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick.
@anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick.
@anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Shetland, Series 10, Episode 1
The body of an elderly woman is found in the remote village of Lunniswick.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Mark Steel last night and 'Shetland' tonight.
We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick.
@anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick.
@anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Mes amis bruxellois ! Dépêchez-vous et allez chez Waterstones ! La reine du polar britannique y sera pour parler de ses livres. C'est une personne charmante et très sympathique ! Dites-lui bonjour de ma part !
@anncleeves.bsky.social
Waterstones Boulevard Adolphe Maxlaan - 4.30
#booksky #livres
@anncleeves.bsky.social
Waterstones Boulevard Adolphe Maxlaan - 4.30
#booksky #livres
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Mes amis bruxellois ! Dépêchez-vous et allez chez Waterstones ! La reine du polar britannique y sera pour parler de ses livres. C'est une personne charmante et très sympathique ! Dites-lui bonjour de ma part !
@anncleeves.bsky.social
Waterstones Boulevard Adolphe Maxlaan - 4.30
#booksky #livres
@anncleeves.bsky.social
Waterstones Boulevard Adolphe Maxlaan - 4.30
#booksky #livres
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I had the happiest time chatting to @anncleeves.bsky.social on the podcast today as part of the food & fiction series. You can listen to our discussion here: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I had the happiest time chatting to @anncleeves.bsky.social on the podcast today as part of the food & fiction series. You can listen to our discussion here: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...
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*NEW BLOG POST*
The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves
Jimmy Perez is back!
lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/10/14/t...
#thekillingstones @anncleeves.bsky.social #jimmyperez #crimefiction #scottishfiction #booksky
The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves
Jimmy Perez is back!
lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/10/14/t...
#thekillingstones @anncleeves.bsky.social #jimmyperez #crimefiction #scottishfiction #booksky
The Killing Stones by Anne Cleeves
I can barely contain my happiness at being back in the world of Jimmy Perez, this time in the Orkney islands where he grew up. Jimmy is living with partner Willow Reeves, who’s both his boss and he…
lotuswritingtherapy.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
*NEW BLOG POST*
The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves
Jimmy Perez is back!
lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/10/14/t...
#thekillingstones @anncleeves.bsky.social #jimmyperez #crimefiction #scottishfiction #booksky
The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves
Jimmy Perez is back!
lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/10/14/t...
#thekillingstones @anncleeves.bsky.social #jimmyperez #crimefiction #scottishfiction #booksky
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Via Principal de los Libros :
In Spain it's Women Writers Day
@anncleeves.bsky.social #SarahVPearse @alicefeeney.com
"A celebration of women who write not just to understand the world but to reinvent it. We believe in authors who excite and thrill us and who leave their mark"
In Spain it's Women Writers Day
@anncleeves.bsky.social #SarahVPearse @alicefeeney.com
"A celebration of women who write not just to understand the world but to reinvent it. We believe in authors who excite and thrill us and who leave their mark"
October 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Via Principal de los Libros :
In Spain it's Women Writers Day
@anncleeves.bsky.social #SarahVPearse @alicefeeney.com
"A celebration of women who write not just to understand the world but to reinvent it. We believe in authors who excite and thrill us and who leave their mark"
In Spain it's Women Writers Day
@anncleeves.bsky.social #SarahVPearse @alicefeeney.com
"A celebration of women who write not just to understand the world but to reinvent it. We believe in authors who excite and thrill us and who leave their mark"
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Some pics from @waterstones.bsky.social Sauchiehall tonight -- with the amazing @anncleeves.bsky.social interviewed by @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and special musical interludes from a Shetland musician (Chris Stout)
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Some pics from @waterstones.bsky.social Sauchiehall tonight -- with the amazing @anncleeves.bsky.social interviewed by @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and special musical interludes from a Shetland musician (Chris Stout)
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An absolutely wonderful event today for @anncleeves.bsky.social 's new book, The Killing Stones! We now have many signed indie bookshop copies of the new book if you didn't manage to pick one up at the event!
#anncleeves #thekillingstones #authorevent #indiebookshop
#anncleeves #thekillingstones #authorevent #indiebookshop
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
An absolutely wonderful event today for @anncleeves.bsky.social 's new book, The Killing Stones! We now have many signed indie bookshop copies of the new book if you didn't manage to pick one up at the event!
#anncleeves #thekillingstones #authorevent #indiebookshop
#anncleeves #thekillingstones #authorevent #indiebookshop
This is a midwinter book and would make a fabbie Christmas gift. Buy early from your local indie bookshop!
Arrived today!
The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social .
It's published on Tuesday and I've got these beautiful Special Edition copies with gorgeous sprayed edges.
SIGNED TOO!
If you'd like one you can order it HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social .
It's published on Tuesday and I've got these beautiful Special Edition copies with gorgeous sprayed edges.
SIGNED TOO!
If you'd like one you can order it HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This is a midwinter book and would make a fabbie Christmas gift. Buy early from your local indie bookshop!
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Arrived today!
The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social .
It's published on Tuesday and I've got these beautiful Special Edition copies with gorgeous sprayed edges.
SIGNED TOO!
If you'd like one you can order it HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social .
It's published on Tuesday and I've got these beautiful Special Edition copies with gorgeous sprayed edges.
SIGNED TOO!
If you'd like one you can order it HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
October 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Arrived today!
The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social .
It's published on Tuesday and I've got these beautiful Special Edition copies with gorgeous sprayed edges.
SIGNED TOO!
If you'd like one you can order it HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social .
It's published on Tuesday and I've got these beautiful Special Edition copies with gorgeous sprayed edges.
SIGNED TOO!
If you'd like one you can order it HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
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🎧 The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves @anncleeves.bsky.social @kennyblyth.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks @AnnCleeves
🎧 The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves - Books of My Heart
I’m a big fan of Ann Cleeves. But my view of her work is unusual. I started with the Two Rivers series featuring Matthew Venn. Those were all ebooks except for an audio listen of a novella. I...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎧 The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves @anncleeves.bsky.social @kennyblyth.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks @AnnCleeves
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‼️Breaking news‼️
I am now officially unavailable for social events. Blame Jimmy Perez and The Killing Stones 😁 and @anncleeves.bsky.social
I am now officially unavailable for social events. Blame Jimmy Perez and The Killing Stones 😁 and @anncleeves.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
‼️Breaking news‼️
I am now officially unavailable for social events. Blame Jimmy Perez and The Killing Stones 😁 and @anncleeves.bsky.social
I am now officially unavailable for social events. Blame Jimmy Perez and The Killing Stones 😁 and @anncleeves.bsky.social
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"I don’t plan my work in advance at all...the writing was an escape, fun, and there’d be no joy in it if I knew how it would develop." @loriraderday.bsky.social's interview with @anncleeves.bsky.social on “The Killing Stones” (St Martin’s) is out now.
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Writing From Memory: A Conversation with Ann Cleeves about “The Killing Stones” - Chicago Review of Books
Our interview with Ann Cleeves about her new book, "The Killing Stones."
chireviewofbooks.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"I don’t plan my work in advance at all...the writing was an escape, fun, and there’d be no joy in it if I knew how it would develop." @loriraderday.bsky.social's interview with @anncleeves.bsky.social on “The Killing Stones” (St Martin’s) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/t...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/t...
I’ll be with Orcadian Stewart Bain, reader, book blogger and entertainer.
Celebrating the publication of 'The Killing Stones' by @anncleeves.bsky.social later this week with Forum Books in North Shields, very exciting.
Think a few tickets are still left so don't miss out! (Can't believe it's nearly October I thought there was still a few weeks to go!)
Think a few tickets are still left so don't miss out! (Can't believe it's nearly October I thought there was still a few weeks to go!)
September 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I’ll be with Orcadian Stewart Bain, reader, book blogger and entertainer.
Happy publication day to me in Aus, NZ and the US. Jimmy Perez is back in The Killing Stones. I might go out for coffee and cake this morning. Next week for the UK.
September 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Happy publication day to me in Aus, NZ and the US. Jimmy Perez is back in The Killing Stones. I might go out for coffee and cake this morning. Next week for the UK.
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Celebrating the publication of 'The Killing Stones' by @anncleeves.bsky.social later this week with Forum Books in North Shields, very exciting.
Think a few tickets are still left so don't miss out! (Can't believe it's nearly October I thought there was still a few weeks to go!)
Think a few tickets are still left so don't miss out! (Can't believe it's nearly October I thought there was still a few weeks to go!)
September 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Celebrating the publication of 'The Killing Stones' by @anncleeves.bsky.social later this week with Forum Books in North Shields, very exciting.
Think a few tickets are still left so don't miss out! (Can't believe it's nearly October I thought there was still a few weeks to go!)
Think a few tickets are still left so don't miss out! (Can't believe it's nearly October I thought there was still a few weeks to go!)
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#WeeklyNewBooks: Sept. 29th - Oct. 5th
Featuring:
🔖 The Portrait by #DanielleSteel
🔖 The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social
🔖 Forgotten Letters by #DianneHarman
🔖 Deputies Under Fire by @deloresfossen.bsky.social
🔖 Outlaw Lake by #MaiseyYates
#newbooks #booksky
tinyurl.com/56mnbmv4
Featuring:
🔖 The Portrait by #DanielleSteel
🔖 The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social
🔖 Forgotten Letters by #DianneHarman
🔖 Deputies Under Fire by @deloresfossen.bsky.social
🔖 Outlaw Lake by #MaiseyYates
#newbooks #booksky
tinyurl.com/56mnbmv4
New Book Releases: September 29th to October 5th, 2025 - Book Notification
Over 600 new books releasing this week! What a week to be a reader. New novels by Ann Cleeves, Danielle Steel, Delores Fossen and more.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#WeeklyNewBooks: Sept. 29th - Oct. 5th
Featuring:
🔖 The Portrait by #DanielleSteel
🔖 The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social
🔖 Forgotten Letters by #DianneHarman
🔖 Deputies Under Fire by @deloresfossen.bsky.social
🔖 Outlaw Lake by #MaiseyYates
#newbooks #booksky
tinyurl.com/56mnbmv4
Featuring:
🔖 The Portrait by #DanielleSteel
🔖 The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social
🔖 Forgotten Letters by #DianneHarman
🔖 Deputies Under Fire by @deloresfossen.bsky.social
🔖 Outlaw Lake by #MaiseyYates
#newbooks #booksky
tinyurl.com/56mnbmv4
Very much looking forward to chatting to my hero.
Join Sara (virtually/online) in conversation with @anncleeves.bsky.social on September 30 at 3pm ET/2pm CT/1pm MT/Noon PT! Registration is required for this special event: bnthekillingstones.eventbrite.com
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September 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Very much looking forward to chatting to my hero.
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Join Sara (virtually/online) in conversation with @anncleeves.bsky.social on September 30 at 3pm ET/2pm CT/1pm MT/Noon PT! Registration is required for this special event: bnthekillingstones.eventbrite.com
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September 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Join Sara (virtually/online) in conversation with @anncleeves.bsky.social on September 30 at 3pm ET/2pm CT/1pm MT/Noon PT! Registration is required for this special event: bnthekillingstones.eventbrite.com
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We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
Yay! US readers, I have an interview in today’s @washingtonpost.com . Honestly, I’m not dissing Pilates though. I’d just rather be writing! @minotaurbooks.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yay! US readers, I have an interview in today’s @washingtonpost.com . Honestly, I’m not dissing Pilates though. I’d just rather be writing! @minotaurbooks.bsky.social
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💙 ONE WEEK!! 💙
Still time to grab tickets for @anncleeves.bsky.social talking Orkney + Jimmy #TheKillingStones w/ Stuart Bain on Oct 1st
PLUS you’ll get *exclusive* short story The Lonely Man !!
Grab tickets www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...
Still time to grab tickets for @anncleeves.bsky.social talking Orkney + Jimmy #TheKillingStones w/ Stuart Bain on Oct 1st
PLUS you’ll get *exclusive* short story The Lonely Man !!
Grab tickets www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...
September 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
💙 ONE WEEK!! 💙
Still time to grab tickets for @anncleeves.bsky.social talking Orkney + Jimmy #TheKillingStones w/ Stuart Bain on Oct 1st
PLUS you’ll get *exclusive* short story The Lonely Man !!
Grab tickets www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...
Still time to grab tickets for @anncleeves.bsky.social talking Orkney + Jimmy #TheKillingStones w/ Stuart Bain on Oct 1st
PLUS you’ll get *exclusive* short story The Lonely Man !!
Grab tickets www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...
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The Shore Lines tour set sail at The Word, South Shields last night...Big thanks to our brilliant short story authors @anncleeves.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social Tony Glover & @joscottheritage.bsky.social Join us if you can at readings across #Northumberland & #Cumbria
September 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Shore Lines tour set sail at The Word, South Shields last night...Big thanks to our brilliant short story authors @anncleeves.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social Tony Glover & @joscottheritage.bsky.social Join us if you can at readings across #Northumberland & #Cumbria
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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!
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Feeling very spoilt!
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ann-...
September 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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-...
Feeling very spoilt!
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ann-...