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Thin Air
Thin Air: A Shetland Mystery | Ann Cleeves
When a woman mysteriously disappears, Detectives Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves are assigned to the case and discover that the victim had an unhealthy and obsessive interest in a cold case involving the drowning of a local child, which just might have been the death of her.
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rwmg
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An English TV producer in Unst to celebrate a friend's marriage and scout out the possibilities of making a documentary about a local ghost is found dead in marshy ground the morning after a party. Willow Reeves and Jimmy Perez investigate.

Jimmy seems to be back on form but is Willow getting smitten?

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TheBookHippie It sounds good! 4mo
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Gleefulreader
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Quiet time hanging with my puppy and enjoying some easy reading. Really love these very quiet, meditative mysteries.

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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It's Hot and humid here in Oklahoma so it was lovely to escape to a Shetland Summer. You'll find some beautiful pictures of the Simmer Dim on shetland.org. https://www.shetland.org/blog/gallery-simmer-dim-in-shetland and video as well.
https://youtu.be/EA0VWJ4P7dY

#simmerdim #travelbybook #shetland

kspenmoll Love this series especially the descriptive settings & how they affect how people live & respond to these islands. 2y
kspenmoll Thanks for the utube link! 2y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @kspenmoll You're Welcome! I just love it. Wish I was there it's going to be 100° tomorrow. 🥵 2y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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I'm back to my Shetland reread as a way to escape the heat. I would gladly take the weather at Jimmy Perez's house rather than here in Oklahoma.

#travelbybook #shetland #summer

kspenmoll Just read this recently & loved it. 2y
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kspenmoll
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I finished this series.🙁 As always with Cleeves, the plots are intriguing, complicated, & keep me enthralled. I read these quickly, one after another. I will miss being immersed in the raw beauty of the Shetland Islands,Jimmy Perez, & other reoccurring characters, all who grow over time. All emotionally well draw,with their personal struggles & triumphs.

SilversReviews LOVE this photo!! 2y
kspenmoll @SilversReviews 💙💙💙 2y
Crinoline_Laphroaig Are those Hardbacks? I've only ever found paperbacks 2y
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kspenmoll @Crinoline_Laphroaig Hardbacks from my local library📚 2y
Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm relistening to Thin Air right now. 2y
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kspenmoll
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Finish Thin Air & Wild Fire to wrap up the #Shetlandseries #JimmyPerez, finish You‘ve Changed. Listen to 10 chps. A Botanist Guide to Parties & Poisons; read 2 ch Humankind.
#weeklyforecast

Cinfhen How‘s this one?? It‘s available on #Hoopla so I‘m considering it 2y
kspenmoll @Cinfhen It is light, easy listening. I am finding the protagonists struggles in patriarchal academia in the 1920s, botany at the time period fascinating-feels authentic as there is a planned expedition to Africa, with romance thrown it. Good summer fare. (edited) 2y
Cinfhen Great!! Thanks so much for letting me know 😄 2y
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Lynnsoprano
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I devoured this! Maybe my favorite so far. So many possibilities, yet I rarely get close to figuring out whodunnit in Shetland 😂. Of course, having watched the series helps me picture the settings, and since most of the tv mysteries are different from those in the books, it doesn‘t ruin the books by knowing how things work out. As usual, picture has nothing to do with the book, just my back yard.

MemoirsForMe Your plumerias are gorgeous! 3y
LiteraryinPA Is this a series where it‘s important to read each book in order or can you dip in and out? 3y
Lynnsoprano @LiteraryinLawrence I‘ve been reading them in order, and there are circumstances surrounding the main characters that I think would make it difficult to do going in and out. 3y
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Lynnsoprano
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Normally I wait longer between these books, but I‘m impatient to get into this one.

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PhyllisH
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Another great one by Ann Cleeves. I love the Shetland series.

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Jas16
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After disliking every other book I read during the last two weeks I returned to Cleeves. Right decision. It was a relief to be able to relax and trust that I was in good hands. This entry to the series was a little light on Perez which I found disappointing but otherwise it was good to be back in the Shetlands.

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Another great installment in the Shetland series. No other books transport me somewhere else like these do. Cleeves does an amazing job describing both the atmospheric setting and island life so that as the reader, you feel like you are right there! If you like the Three Pines series, then I recommend this one to you as well!
#shetland #bookseries #detectiveseries #scotland #whiskeyAndbooks

Andrew65 One of my favourite series. 3y
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MittenGirlPeach
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This was my first Shetland book. I‘ve read other of Ann‘s books, & I‘ve seen the Shetland tv series, so I held off. Well. It was WONDERFUL. I started in the middle of the series, but it differs from the television episodes, so it‘s fine. Mostly, it‘s leisurely and literary, and oh, it sucks you in. Jimmy Perez is a terrific character. Highly recommended. I‘m getting close to a #BookSpinBingo!

Sunrise yesterday. It‘s been a lovely spring!

TheAromaofBooks This series is on my TBR for one of these days!! 4y
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rabbitprincess
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Anoher solid Shetland mystery. Only two more in the series!
#ShutdownReadathon book 4

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Susanita
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In August I took two weeks of vacation and cautiously ventured away from home a few times. In addition to my little beach trip, I also took a couple day trips. On one of them I treated myspouse to lunch beside this beautiful lake in the mountains.

I finished 8 books, including 3-6 of the Shetland series. Also:
-The Book of Delights (Gay)
-Babel (Dorren)
-The Henna Artist (Joshi)
-Girl Gone Missing (Rendon)

Not a bad month!

#wrapup

Sleepswithbooks Beautiful 😊 4y
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SLibrarian5
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This was just okay. I enjoyed the first half, the middle dragged on, and the ending was anticlimactic. I couldn‘t understand the culprit or their motive. I did like the setting and the audiobook narrator, but I don‘t think I‘ll continue with this series.

#bookspinbonanza

#bookspin

#booked2020

#tartannoir

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great review!! 5y
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SLibrarian5
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#weeklyforecast:

This week:

Finish “Thin Air.”

Continue “Call Down the Hawk,” for #booked2020 and #triplespin

Next up- start “(in)visible”-trying to get in one more #bookspinbonanza before the end of the month.

@Cinfhen

Cinfhen 💚 5y
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SLibrarian5
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#bookreport

First week of curbside service at work is complete! Got more reading done in the first half of the week, but better than nothing.

Bailed on my #doublespin, “‘89 Walls: lost interest.

Two hours left on “Thin Air.”

I also started “Call Down the Hawk” and really enjoying it so far.

@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Glad going back to work is going well & you still were able to read💚 5y
SLibrarian5 @Cinfhen Thank you! 😄 5y
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SLibrarian5
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#weeklyforecast:

Either finish, or get to 75% of “Thin Air.”

I think “ ‘89 Walls” might be a bail-we‘ll see. 😅

Next up-finally starting “Call Down the Hawk.”

@Cinfhen

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SLibrarian5
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#bookreport

Finished “The Southern Book Club‘s Guide to Slaying Vampires-” ⭐⭐⭐

Making good progress on “Thin Air-” it‘s a bit of a slow burn, but I‘m really enjoying the audiobook narrator.

I also started “ ‘89 Walls-” okay so far, a quick read but not sure if I like it or not...

@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Making good progress😊 5y
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TrishB
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Love these trips to Scotland and this series is great, I only have two left now, which is both ☹️ and 😁. I promised myself I could start a new series when I finished one I was reading.
This was the usual, twisty murder tale, I guessed about a chapter before the reveal but didn‘t figure out why. Good read 👍🏻

Balibee146 Whereabouts in Scotland is the setting? 😘😘 5y
TrishB @Balibee146 the Shetlands- they are always hopping between the islands too, so I like to have a little look on maps when I‘m reading. 😘 hope you and the family doing ok. 5y
Balibee146 @TrishB cool.... We are weirded out by all the 'free' time but just trying to stay quietly busy to distract ourselves. Hope you are all okay and that you are getting some hols from work xx 5y
TrishB @Balibee146 I‘m on leave until next Tuesday now and I‘m distancing myself from my work phone! Glad you‘re all good ♥️ counting the days til we‘re all on the other side! 5y
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Started this one today, but have been working most of the afternoon ☹️ so not got very far.
#weeklyforecast I‘m supposed to be on leave for a week after Tuesday so should have more of a plan. But I‘m assuming it won‘t happen so don‘t want to plan!!

Cinfhen Hope you get some well earned vacation time 💓💓💓 5y
hilded I feel you, I have been trying to work up my mojo to get some work done today since I know the work week will be exhausting if I don‘t. But haven‘t been able to yet. Hope you get some days off soon 💗 5y
Tanisha_A ♥️ Hope you find some time to relax soon! 5y
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squirrelbrain Keep on pushing for that week off - you need it! Maybe take a 🔨 to your work computer on Tuesday at 5pm?! 5y
Oryx Hope you get some time off ♥️ 5y
rabbitprincess I agree with @squirrelbrain's solution 😁 Even if you can't go anywhere, you need to take time off to recharge 💓 5y
TrishB @Cinfhen thank you 😘 5y
TrishB @hilded I did some hours this afternoon but won‘t feel anymore ahead of myself by 8 am tomorrow morning I know! Hope you‘re week is ok ❤️ 5y
TrishB @Tanisha_A thank you 😘 5y
TrishB @squirrelbrain @rabbitprincess that is so tempting. I know it‘s just a bad day, but I‘m so worn out and fed up now. 5y
TrishB @Oryx thank you Emma 😘 fingers crossed. 5y
Cathythoughts I really hope you get a break Trish X 5y
TrishB @Cathythoughts thank you Cathy 😘 🤞🏻🤞🏻 5y
Caroline2 I hope you get the time off Trish. Alex was meant to be getting the next two wks off but it was unceremoniously cancelled this morning. 😔 5y
TrishB @Caroline2 oh that‘s terrible!! Hope you and the boys are ok. I‘ll find out tomorrow anyway 🤞🏻🤞🏻 not building up my hopes just in case. 5y
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His mind wandered. A week ago the Malcolmsons would have been preparing for the hamefarin‘, the house full of activity and the smell of baking. Friends and family would be turning out to help make bunting and #decorate the hall. Caroline would be in her element directing proceedings. #QuotsyDec19

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Time to get back to this series! And I get to enjoy the first wild strawberries from my own garden.

EadieB @Tove_Reads Great series & nice strawberries! 5y
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Tove_Reads
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Most of the books I intend to read in June. Some are missing from these piles. Should be another good reading month!

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organdie84
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Another enjoyable outing with the team from Shetland.

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Teresereading
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My current holiday read, soon to be gifted. But free little libraries hard to find in NY

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Jeg
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As I haven‘t read one of her books for a while and I needed a familiar read I got stuck into this. I love the descriptions of the Shetlands and hope to get there next year. Another place I‘ve fallen for through my reading. 😊
I enjoyed the story and the ending was plausible and I didn‘t guess it at all. Great characters , very easy to imagine, helped a little by the TV series. Would be a good plane read. @MrsMalaprop

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On to the next Shetland book. Hoping that my husband will come home with some much needed chocolate. #longday

Eggs ❤️❤️❤️Shetland 😊 7y
Lizpixie The next book will be released in September I think!🙌 7y
Katiesbookishlife @Lizpixie oh awesome, I was just trying to figure out if there would be more to this series. 7y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Once again story kept me guessing to the end. Second: apparently all the houses in Shetland have names. I must name mine. Third: I need to go farther north than John O Groats. According to the Googles; it's doesn't appear that you can get to Shetland from there.
Whose been? 🚢🛫🤷
#traveltips #shetland #cantgettherefromhere

SusanInTiburon Haven‘t been up that far. We were in Dornoch last summer and all the houses had names. I‘d go again in a heartbeat. 7y
Andrew65 We go to John O‘ Groats area every year, we have a few camp sites we visit in the motorhome that you can pitch overlooking the sea and the Orkney Islands. My very favourite place. There is a foot passenger ferry from John O‘Groats to the Orkneys and they do a day trip which includes coach travel around the Orkneys visiting the Italian Chapel and The Churchill Barrier. Good on a smooth day but can get rough on a bad day. (edited) 7y
Andrew65 I don‘t think you can get a ferry from the very north of Scotland to the Shetlands but you can get Ferries to the Orkneys and I think you can then get a different Ferry to the Shetlands from there. There are car ferries to the Orkneys at Gills Bay a few miles west of John o‘groats and from Scrabster near Thurso which is about 22 miles west of John O‘Groats. I believe the only ferry to Shetland from mainland is from Aberdeen. 7y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Determined to finish one more for my January Totals. 👟
#onthetreadmill w/ #jimmyperez #shetland

Andrew65 Love this series, just finished book 7 - Cold Earth. 7y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrew65 I'm Obsessed! I'm about to binge the TV show as well. 7y
Andrew65 @missnavigation It is one of my favourite series. 7y
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emmaturi
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I just like this series so much and now I am up to date. I hope she writes another soon! #bookseries #crime #bookcovers #bookworm #books

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This is the sixth book in the Shetland mystery series. Inspector Perez is called to the small island of Unst to investigate the disappearance of a young woman visiting for a wedding. Her disappearance my be linked to the sighting by some of the ghost of Peerie Lizzie, a girl drowned years ago. As with the previous books, the story is engrossing with unexpected twists. A very good read.

ReadingEnvy Sounds good to me! 7y
myellenbee If you haven't read any if the Shetland series, you might want to read them in order. Although the mysteries in each book are resolved, the main detectives and characters develop quite a bit with their own story lines. Reading them out of order will spoil some important points. Also if you have seen the TV series those character details are completely changed. The first book is Raven Black, I was hooked in one! @ReadingEnvy 7y
ReadingEnvy @myellenbee Ah thanks will do. I love cold weather islands and haven't yet read anything set on the Shetland Islands! 7y
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Continuing my weekend introvert reading party. I finished Aunt Dimity and the Widow's Curse and am on to Thin Air by Ann Cleeves.
To make it even more cozy inside, there have been thunderstorms all afternoon. There's nothing like reading on a rainy day.
#litsypartyofone

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Bk6 in the Shetland series, this was a really great story, actually had me guessing at the ending. I love these books, for the setting as much as the story.Three best friends from university travel to the Shetland island of Unst for one of the groups wedding to an islander. When one of them goes missing after the ceremony, DI Perez & team are called in to search, then her body is found in a loch. Is it tied to the ghost story of a little girl?

lisakoby The Netflix show is awesome 8y
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#marchintoreading #day10 #readandeat My dinner tonight is homemade rissoles with buttered potatoes, peas & beans in bed. I feel like I'm always complaining, but I'm feeling really awful this week, really really bad flare up of my inflammatory arthritis, so if I'm not posting I'll be in hospital. Again. But geez the rissole is nice!

Sue Hope you feel better soon xx 8y
Suet624 Oh gosh!!! I'm so sorry. What do they do for you in the hospital? 8y
sherryvdh 😟 Hope it gets better soon! 8y
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Michelle_mck Take care ❤ that corn 🌽 looks good 8y
ReadingSusan Sorry 😭 I hope you don't have to go to the hospital. 8y
Mimi28 Hope you feel better!! 8y
ValerieAndBooks I hope it gets better for you! 8y
Reviewsbylola Oh no, feel better. ❤️ 8y
sprainedbrain Oh no. Hope you feel better soon. ❤️ 8y
Cinfhen Feel better 💚 8y
Jess_Read_This Sending healing thoughts your way.. 💕 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled ❤❤❤❤ 8y
NovelGirl82 Oh no! I'm so sorry! Sending lots of love and healing your way!!! 8y
Laura317 Bless your heart! Hoping you're feeling well again soon. 8y
RuSirius3 So sorry. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and life is always a roller coaster. Feel better soon! 8y
erzascarletbookgasm Feel better soon! 💕 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Feel better! 😘 8y
minkyb Oh Liz! Feel better. 8y
Dragon Hope you feel better soon! Positive energy heading your way 💕 8y
JessClark78 Feel better soon. ❤️ 8y
RealLifeReading Oh no! Take care!! Hope you feel better soon 8y
Lizpixie @Suet624 thank you, I get Iv steroids& antibiotics plus better pain relief in the hospital @Michelle_mck I'm trying and the corn was excellent! @ReadingSusan Thankyou, me too! @RuSirius3 thank you, rheumatoid is a lot like what I have except I have no rheumatoid factor in my blood but a really high inflammatory marker. Both types suck big Time! 8y
JacqMac Sorry Liz. I hope you feel better soon. 8y
DebinHawaii Hope you get some relief and feel better soon. 💜💜💜 8y
LeeRHarry Hope you're feeling better very soon!! 8y
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