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Palm trees, white sandy beaches and a perfect turquoise sea. Jamaica's Montego Bay might just be paradise. If people didn't keep getting murdered.Detective Preddy hoped for a quiet start to the new year. But there's a murder at Sugar Rush Beach. A man is stabbed through the heart with an antique awl.The victim, Jerome Baccus, was the nephew of a local developer who wanted to transform this quiet beach into a high-end tourist complex. Now he's dead.Everything points to a rival developer. But Preddy realizes other people might have wanted to kill Jerome:His two girlfriends.The Sugar Rush beach vendors.The sugar daddy of one girlfriend.Meanwhile, Preddy must work with Scottish detective Sean Harris. And Preddy knows that Harris is conducting a covert internal investigation.When a woman is found dead, the stakes are raised. And everyone's career is on the line.A gripping crime mystery perfect for fans of Death in Paradise and Biba Pearce, Steph Broadribb, Rachel Howzell Hall, Ian Rankin, Chris Collett, Abir Mukherjee, Val McDermid, and Rachel McLean.
About the author
Paula Lennon is the sixth and last child, and only girl, born to Jamaican parents in the West Midlands. Paula lived in Jamaica, West Indies, during her teens and attended Clarendon College high school in Chapelton before returning to England.
She was once a London commercial lawyer until she saw sense and returned to live where the weather was more conducive to smiling. The island of Jamaica is a constant source of inspiration for Paula and the backdrop to her crime books which are set in the city of Montego Bay.
