The Jimmy - Perez novels have been dramatized as the TV - Detective - Series '' Vera `` and the Vera - Stanhope - Romane as the series '' Shetland '' . The Jimmy Perez novels have been dramatized as the TV detective series `` Vera '' and the Vera Stanhope novels as the series `` Shetland '' . The Vera Stanhope novels have been dramatized as the TV detective series `` Vera '' and the Jimmy Perez novels as the series `` Shetland '' .