Red Bones

A Thriller

By: Ann Cleeves

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Red Bones marks the third in a stellar suspense series set on the Shetland Islands from bestselling author Ann Cleeves--the basis for the hit BBC show Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall.

When a young archaeologist discovers a set of human remains, the locals are intrigued. Is it an ancient find—or a more contemporary mystery? Then an elderly woman is fatally shot and Ann Cleeves's popular series detective Jimmy Perez is called in. As claustrophobic mists swirl around the island, Inspector Perez finds himself totally in the dark.

Critic reviews

“Excellent...As in the best traditional English village whodunits, the killer lurks among the townspeople, but his or her identity still comes as a shock.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“Cleeves is expert at depicting hardscrabble island life, parental expectations and disappointments and emotionally charged silences. Thoughtful readers should give Perez a try.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Cleeves' latest mystery is travel and entertainment rolled into one.... a suspenseful read.” —RT Book Reviews

“Moody and atmospheric ... well-written tale.” —Library Journal

Red Boned...a story within a story.

Twists and turns...plots and subplots. If you think you have the answer, read on and you wonder what was I thinking !

Narration

Gordon Griffin is a fine narrator if he only had to speak for older characters but he does not have a youthful enough voice for Jimmy, Sandy, and young women. Perhaps it would help to include one or two younger narrators. Otherwise I enjoyed the story and narration.

a fun story in the series

this is a good series it goes a little slow for some people but maybe that's a reflection of the area. even though the television series Shetland is different than this I think seeing the TV series really helped me understand the books better. it'll be interesting eventually to see how it all ends up but the author is a great storyteller in the performer gave a nice audio performance and I look forward to the next book in the series.

Shetland Series audiobook

Ann Cleeves Shetland series is wonderful mystery writing. She brings the characters and story’s’ locations to life, which translates well to the oral listening of those stories. I highly enjoyed both Quartets of the Shetland series as audiobooks, as well as Ann Cleeves’ other detective [DCI]/mystery novels.

Good mystery, good performance

I love Anne Cleeves. This is the first time I’ve listened to any on the Shetland series and I really enjoyed it. Lots of interesting characters.