Ann Cleeves Press. Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves (born 1954) is an English crime-writer. In 2006 she won the inaugural Duncan Lawrie Dagger, the richest crime-writing prize in the world, for her novel "Raven Black". Cleeves studied English at Sussex University but dropped out. She then took up various jobs including cook, auxiliary coastguard, probation officer, library outreach worker and child care officer. She lives in Whitley Bay, and is widowed with two daughters. The Vera Stanhope novels have been dramatized as the TV detective series "Vera" and the Jimmy Perez novels as the series "Shetland". In 2014 Cleeves was awarded an Honorary
Stanhope (car) a top speed of about . There have been further productions of the Stanhope automobile including 3-wheeled versions with fully enclosed body work and a 4-wheeled version with front-wheel drive using chains, which also allowed front-wheel steering. Stanhope (car) In Automotive use, the Stanhope is a car body style built from approximately 1900 to 1910 which was characterized by its single bench seat mounted at the center, folding cloth top, and a dashboard at the front. The design is derived from the Stanhope horse-drawn carriage and could be considered a specific type of runabout. Initial Stanhope models featured tiller steering,