White Nights

The body hung from a thick noose. Only when Perez went a few steps further did he see the mask, grinning.At first, the hanging body seems to be a straightforward case of suicide. Shetland detective Jimmy Perez recognizes the victim - a stranger with amnesia who had disrupted a local party the night before his death.Soon Perez realizes that this was no desperate act of anguish, but the work of a cold and calculating killer. And the small Biddista community is determined to keep its secrets. Then another body is found . . . Perez knows he must break the cycle before another death occurs. But this is a crazy time of year when night blurs into day and nothing is quite as it seems . . . 'In true Agatha Christie style, Cleeves once again pulls the wool over our eyes with cunning and conviction' Colin Dexter'A pleasure to read. Interesting characters, great setting, intriguing plot . . . And the bonus when we finish is that we know we've got two more to look forward to' Reginald HillFacebook.com/[email protected] von Cleeves, Ann