By Ann Cleeves
June 8, 2023
The picturesque, privately owned island of Gillibry, off the North Devon coast, turns out to be the perfect side for a murder…
A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird Observatory Trust is made memorable by the owner’s announcement that he is going to sell the island. A sale would mean the end of the observatory, which, for some of the birders, makes life worth living. A fire in Charlie Todd’s cottage adds to their distress. And when, next morning, they find Charlie dead in a bird hide following a fierce storm, their pleasant September weekend assumes a dangerous new face.
Charlie Todd’s murder could have been the deed of any member of the trust. And it falls to one of their own, George Palmer-Jones to unravel the identity of a killer within their midst…
