In the final book of the original series he decided to move from Shetland because his partner (Willow) had been offered a new job as head of island policing (or something), based in Orkney, and she was pregnant and he made the decision to move with her.
The Shetland TV series has wandered so far from its original source that I will welcome the return of the 'real' Jimmy Perez'.
Yes, yes annodomini, I really hope they bring back Perez. The series just dosen' cut the mustard with those two irritating, drippy women! I simply can't watch Shetland anymore. Such a shame as it used to be a fabulous watch, a real treat. Bring back Perez please!!!! ๐ค
Our library posted the news. U welcomed it but said I would only watch a T.V. version if Douglas Henshall played Jimmy...and he liked my post!! Page looked genuine
I still like it and think t wo female leads are excellent not that I did not like the original cast. They need new ground as Shetland has had more homicides than Manchester!
I wish that the BBC had made all of the original books into TV episodes. The TV show only covered 4 of the original 7 books which is a shame as some of the books would have been more interesting than some of the BBCs "original stories based on the characters of Ann Cleeves".