Having said that, even though I’ve only read the first book, I think they compress what happens in the books (or what I imagine will still happen) into the series and compressed the timelines in order to capture the exciting, as well as more personal, dynamics of the story and the characters. I wouldn’t say one is better than the other, just that I like what they’ve done with the show more. TV crime drama draws in over 4.5 million viewers | Shetland News … … via /2bXvKEGHRf I’d already watched the episodes of the show based on Raven Black, but I was still thoroughly engrossed by the book and would continue reading the book series.
A professional and a loner who probably doesn’t own a cat. He’s more Philip Marlowe than Jane Marple. This character also pulls the books away from the cosy subgenre. Shetland is fronted by a grim, lonely detective in the form of Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. The latter is not exclusive to cosy mysteries but often inherent in the genre as a whole, adding to the tension of the plotting and the awe of the final revelation. What it does share in common with cosies, is a tight-knit community – a key trope in the subgenre, which means everyone knows who’s who and, more significantly, everyone’s a suspect. But instead of rolling green hills and blossoms in bloom, you get the bleak beauty of the Shetland Islands.
While the Shetland books are not cosy mysteries, they still evoke a great sense of atmosphere.
Just like Kenneth Branagh’s film adaptation prompted me to read Death on the Nile (although I’d have read it, even without the movie), the TV series Shetland drew me to the books upon which they’re based. This series of books by Ann Cleeves is set on the Shetland Islands and rooted in the realm of straight-up detective fiction, even bordering on noir.
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