High Island Blues
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4.0 • 35 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
High Island Blues is the eighth and final mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.
Swarms of migrating birds fall from the sky seeking shelter as the spring storms begin, but the birders are distracted by a far more shocking sight: Mick Brownscombe’s dead body . . .
Old college friends Rob, Oliver and Mick reunite on a bird watching tour to America. It is the first time in twenty years the three have been together – since the fateful holiday to America during which they met the enigmatic Laurie . . .
The tour party is hoping for spectacular sights at High Island on the Upper Texas coast but, as the rain pours down and the birds descend, Mick is discovered dead.
Back in Britain, Private Investigators George and Molly Palmer-Jones are working on a minor fraud case with name of Brownscombe Associates attached. So when George receives a desperate transatlantic call from his friend Rob, he is on the first plane to Texas.
His investigations make little progress – until the second body is found . . .
'Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves' – Val McDermid, author of the Karen Pirie series
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cleeves, author of The Mill on the Shore, turns what should have been a quiet birdwatching holiday in Texas into a multiple crime scene, with new bodies discovered almost daily. When Mick, one of three friends, is murdered, the local police peg tour guide Rob for the murderer. Eager to clear himself, Rob gets a friend, George Palmer-Jones, to come over from England and play sleuth. George and his wife, Molly in London, find out that Mick was involved in a scheme to raise money for a fake environmental action group. It appears that several people may have wanted Mick out of the way. It's up to George to prove Rob's innocence and prevent the murderer from striking again. The backdrop of the rugged countryside as spectacular bird-watching country and the earnestness of the tourists make the book interesting. George and Molly are convincing as Pis, although the other protagonists, including Rob and the victims, are less original characters.
