A beautiful place to die. Life at Valley Farm seems perfect: four couples have been living in a secluded valley in the northeast of England for years, completely to themselves. But the idyllic setting is deceptive: young Patrick Randall, employed as a house sitter at the valley's most luxurious estate, is found dead by the roadside. Detective Vera Stanhope and her team take on the investigation. During a search of the estate, they discover a second male corpse. The only connection between the two victims: a fascination with rare butterflies. When social worker Shirley Hewarth is murdered shortly after, Detective Vera Stanhope faces her toughest case yet: three dead bodies with no apparent links, and four families each harboring their own secrets. Ann Cleeves received the Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award for "The Night of the Ravens." The book was published under the title "Murder in Shetland.".