The Killing Stones: The Return of Jimmy Perez

Ann Cleeves
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The Killing Stones: The Return of Jimmy Perez

Ann Cleeves
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"As always with Ann Cleeves, the history and landscape of the setting are as much a character as the people in this novel. With a new setting and family, Perez is revived as a series and the plotline—always good in Cleeves—is as twisty as any reader will want." —The Globe and Mail

"This is the same Jimmy Perez we've all come to know in Cleeves' Shetland books and on the telly—brilliant, decent, hoping to see the best in people, compassionate...The Killing Stones is one of the best books Cleeves has written in recent memory." —Winnipeg Free Press

"Cleeves crafts a taut police procedural, enhanced by the craggy and mythical atmosphere of Scotland's remote islands and brightened by the domestic tranquility the detective duo has established in a new community." —Booklist, STARRED REVIEW

"The intensely personal nature of the case infuses it with welcome emotional depth, and Cleeves keeps readers guessing until she delivers a gutting climactic reveal that few will see coming. This proves Detective Perez still has the goods." —Publishers Weekly

"A first-rate mystery full of historical detail and descriptions of a beautiful place." —Kirkus Reviews

"Cleeves excels at drawing a picture of the landscapes, communities, and the characters who live in them. Readers will welcome the return of Jimmy and Willow and be thrilled with the new setting." —Library Journal

Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 1 reviews.

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Jimmy Perez Returns

"I like the Jimmy Perez series but this one didn't catch my attention as did Ann Cleeves previous books. There were not too many clues to go on and I like to try to solve the murders as I read through the books. Jimmy says 'I'll end this now"" and he does in short order and that is it. The Orkney islands have only 22000 inhabitants so it must be a dangerous place to live with so many murders occurring there. I did like the history she provided and the archeology sites she described. It is a good read but not a 5 star read."

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  • Published date: Apr 21, 2026
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 400
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9781035043170
  • Dimensions: 5.2" W x 1.6" L x 7.6" H
Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn, who can be found on the television series' Vera, Shetland, and The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide. She is also author of the George and Molly Palmer-Jones and Inspector Ramsay series, and the standalone crime novels Burial of Ghosts and The Sleeping and the Dead.

Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook, and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of 'Murder Squad', working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021, her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. She lives in Northumberland where the Vera books are set.

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