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Ann Cleeves: Raven Black [2015] paperback Condition:Good she's tempted to let herselfRaven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series filmed as the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall, Shetland. It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream, the ravens continue their