Ann Cleeves Classic Crime engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againA Bird in the Hand is the first novel featuring George and Molly PalmerJones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.In Englandrsquos birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted ndash a murderer . . .Young Tom French is 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 PalmerJones, an elderly birdwatcher who decides quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovers mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remains baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether.But as he and his fellow lsquotwitchersrsquo flock from Norfolk to Scotland to the Scilly Isles in response to rumours of rare sightings, George ndash with help from his lovely wife, Molly ndash gradually discerns the true markings of a killer. All he has to do is prove it . . . before the murderer strikes again.

Binding: Paperback;288 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: FF; Weight: 320 g; Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 18

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