Island in the Clouds
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The dead body in the pool is putting a serious dent in Geoff's morning. An ex-pat property manager on the Caribbean island of Bequia, Geoff doesn't want a spotlight shone on the secret past he left behind in Canada, but now he's the suspect in a brutal murder. With no help from the inept local police force, he's drawn into investigating the murder himself, to clear his name. As Geoff finds out more about the circumstances surrounding the killing, and he and his loved ones find themselves in danger, he begins to see a very dark underbelly of the place some people call paradise...
Part travelogue, part mystery, Island in the Clouds takes a long, hard look at the reality of living in a place that seems perfect-from the outside, anyway.
Customer Reviews
First rate!
I read Island in the Clouds between James Patterson's Private Games, and one of Clive Cussler's ubiquitous thrillers, and Susan Toy's first book stands up to the competition.
The Island in question is Bequia, part of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and a short flight from Barbados. The book features a compelling plot line, some great characters ( ex-pats living in a Caribbean paradise, and a cast of local islanders with names like Chopper, Big Fly, Pig-Face, Boney, and Jolly Boy), a fantastic setting, and a terrific English-Bequia dictionary scattered through the book that has fully prepared me to converse fluently in the island dialect whenever I finally get to Bequia. Best of all, Island is not a cookie-cutter mystery that reminds you of dozens of other summer reads.
I highly recommend this book. And some good news for new Susan Toy fans is embedded in clues hidden on the book’s print cover. A number 1 on the spine, and the sub-title, “A Bequia Perspectives novel” suggests more Bequia –based mysteries are in the works. I can hardly wait!