![]() The extirpation of the old religion by radical Protestants is stirring discontent among the populace while the Protector’s prolonged war with Scotland is proving a disastrous failure and threatens to involve France. His uncle Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Protector. The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. Perez is facing the most disturbing investigation of his career. With suspicion raining down on the family, DI Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate, knowing that it will mean the return to the islands of his on-off lover and boss Willow Reeves, who will run the case. Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves – the eighth, and final book, in her Shetland series featuring Detective Jimmy Perez.ĭrawn in by the reputation of the islands, an English family move to the area, eager to give their autistic son a better life.īut when a young nanny’s body is found hanging in the barn of their home, rumours of her affair with the husband begin to spread like wild fire. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants – and suddenly the stakes are raised and the hunt is on. But what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity?Īs the inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries proliferate, Annie’s father’s new partner, Zelda, comes up with a shocking piece of information that alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old enemy in a new guise. Post-mortem findings indicate he died from injuries sustained during the fall. Meanwhile a man in his sixties is found dead in a gully up on the wild moorland. He is wearing an expensive suit and carrying no identification. How did she get there? Where did she die? Who moved her, and why? ‘With a deceptively unspectacular language, sets about the process of unsettling the reader.’ IndependentĪ young local student has apparently committed suicide. Her body is found in an abandoned car on a lonely country road. Some of my favourite authors have new books coming out this year! Here they are in order of publication:Ĭareless Love by Peter Robinson – the twenty fifth in his DCI Banks series.
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