Ann Cleeves loses laptop containing draft of new book in Shetland blizzard

Crime writer offers reward for return of computer, thought to have fallen out of bag during wintry weather

It's truly a novelist's worst nightmare - losing a manuscript of a new book or work-in-progress.

Now crime writer Ann Cleeves is experiencing just that - the award-winning novelist is appealing for help after losing a laptop containing the draft of half her next book in a blizzard in Shetland.