Author Ann Cleeves is appealing for help after losing a laptop containing the draft of half her next novel in a blizzard in Shetland.
The crime writer, whose books have been adapted into the television series Shetland, fears the computer may have fallen out of her bag as she made her way through Lerwick in wintry conditions on Monday. The Whitley Bay-based author, also known for writing the Vera series of books, is offering a reward for the return of the laptop, though said it is probably buried under "a foot of snow" by now as the islands have been hit by severe wintry weather.
The Scottish Government declared a major incident for Shetland on Tuesday after thousands of homes were left without power on Monday evening following significant snowfall. While the author is keen to have her laptop back she had recently emailed herself an attachment containing what she had been working on, so has not lost too much work.
