Long before she became a crime writer, Ann Cleeves spent time working for the probation services in Merseyside. It was the 1980s, the council estates were awash with heroin and most of the people ...

In Cleeves’s captivating third mystery featuring Det. Chief Insp. Vera Stanhope of the Northumberland police (after Telling Tales), Vera and the members of her team look into the murder of ...

Authors Ann Cleeves, Trevor Wood, Brian McGilloway and more have been confirmed for Whitley Bay’s one-day crime-writing festival Bay Tales, taking place on 4th March 2023 at Whitley Bay Playhouse.

Despite the lack of real-life crime on the Scottish islands, author Ann Cleeves has found plenty of inspiration there. "I love the idea of long, low horizons with secrets hidden underneath," she says.

One of WGBH’s favorite mysteries is back – Shetland returns to WGBX 44 for season four on September 10 at 9pm on WGBX 44. Like many other popular WGBH programs, Shetland is based on a series of ...

Vera author Ann Cleeves says she is "thrilled" that the "friendliest crime fiction festival" will return to Whitley Bay for a fourth year in a row. Festivalgoers are expected to travel to North ...

Bay Tales, Whitley Bay's annual crime fiction festival, returns to Playhouse Whitley Bay on Saturday, March 1, with festivalgoers expected from all over the country ...

The novelist Ann Cleeves has enjoyed phenomenal success with her Vera Stanhope series. Stanhope is an English homicide investigator. The 10th book came out last year and the series has been ...