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A Bird in the Hand

A Bird in the Hand | Ann Cleeves

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A Bird in the Hand is the first novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted � a murderer . . . Young Tom French was found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck. One of the best birders in England, Tom had put the village of Rushy on the birdwatching map. Everyone liked him. Or did they? George Palmer-Jones, an elderly birdwatcher who decided quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovered mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remained baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether. But as he and his fellow "twitchers" flocked from Norfolk to Scotland to the Scilly Isles, in response to rumours of rare sightings, George � with help from his lovely wife, Molly � gradually discerned the true markings of a killer. All he had to do was prove it . . . before the murderer strikes again.

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A Bird in the Hand | Ann Cleeves

Sunday morning coffee & a book. Immersing myself in the Scottish Scilly Isles & its birdwatching world, with a little murder & mystery thrown in the mix.

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A Bird in the Hand | Ann Cleeves

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A Bird in the Hand | Ann Cleeves

Saturday morning coffee & a book. #coffeeandbooks

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A Bird in the Hand | Ann Cleeves

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A well-known birdwatcher is found dead in a marsh pool but killed by a blow to the head. The father of a young birdwatcher who is one of the suspects asks George Palmer-Jones to investigate.

One of the author's earlier works, from the 1980s. It nods towards the classic mystery mode, but is trying to break free, quite literally as characters rush about from Norfolk to the Scilly Isles to the North of Scotland at a moment's notice.

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A Bird in the Hand | Ann Cleeves

#coffeeandabook

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Her first book republished with a forward by her. Great to see how she started and how much better she became . Read in one day as I'm still taking life very easy. About to start her second ever novel.

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A Bird in the Hand | Ann Cleeves

I‘m going to persevere a while longer but this early book from Ann Cleeves really isn‘t hitting home for me at the moment. A jumble of characters seem to have been introduced with little rhyme or reason and I‘m not much intrigued by the murder. 🫤