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Murder in Montego Bay (A Preddy and Harris Investigation, 1)
| Title | Murder in Montego Bay (A Preddy and Harris Investigation, 1) |
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| Date | 2025-03-14 10:53:50 |
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Desciption
An exciting new detective series set in the Caribbean island of JamaicaIntroducing crime-fighting duo Jamaican Detective Raythan Preddy and Scottish lawman Detective Sean Harris, set in the picturesque city of Montego Bay, Jamaica.In Montego Bay, Jamaica, privileged Chinese-Jamaican brothers Lester and Carter Chin Ellis have enjoyed a sheltered life as the heirs to the iced desserts empire Chinchillerz. One fateful night, following a fiery encounter with local law enforcement the brothers are taken to Pelican Walk Police Station, where Lester is detained for drunk driving, while Carter is released without charge. When Carter is shot dead within minutes of leaving the station his murder throws the police force into crisis mode.Discredited Detective Raythan Preddy is put in charge of the murder case and is forced to accept the assistance of Detective Sean Harris, a Scottish lawman seconded to Jamaica. With his superiors watching his every move and the Chin Ellis family interfering with the investigation, Preddy is determined to catch the killer and save his career.“A veritable blockbuster of a crime novel!” -- Peter Kalu, author of Yard Dogs Read more
Review
I was expecting a cozy murder mystery from the title, and although I do enjoy them occasionally, I would much rather get my teeth into a more gritty twisty tale, and I am pleased that my original thought was wrong, this was not cozy at all. I loved the idea of taking a Scottish police officer totally out of his depth and dropping him into another culture,cracking idea.I liked the lead Jamaican police officer Raythan and look forward to getting to know him and in particular his team more in future books.I have friends from Montego Bay and am used to listening to patois and had no problem understanding it in the book.For me this book really captured the feel of the place as my friends have described it and it was obviously the real deal.Throw in a murder, complex family and other distractions and you have a interesting book to keep you puzzling .I would like to thank Netgalley and the Publishers for letting me have an ARC to read and review, and look forward to reading more in this series.Good book well worth a read.
