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At Death's Window
At Death's Window
At Death's Window
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At Death's Window

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“[A] superior fifth Shaw and Valentine police procedural . . . Long after the pieces of the puzzle fall into place, the mystery of the human psyche remains.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

When a body is discovered beneath the waves off Scolt Head Island, the contents of the dead man’s pockets lead Detective Inspector Peter Shaw to suspect an outbreak of “samphire wars”: a turf battle for control of the prized sea asparagus which sells for a small fortune along the affluent North Norfolk coast. Or does the killer merely want it to look that way?

Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant George Valentine is investigating a series of break-ins targeted at wealthy second-home owners. And a lethal strain of adulterated cocaine is flooding the streets of nearby Lynn, leaving devastation in its wake.

Then the second body is found—and the simmering tensions underpinning this remote coastal community come bursting into the open . . . with devastating consequences.

“Darkly atmospheric, fast-paced, and involving.” —Booklist
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 1, 2015
ISBN9781780105987
At Death's Window
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Jim Kelly

A previous Dagger in the Library winner, Jim Kelly is the author of the Philip Dryden mysteries and Shaw & Valentine police procedurals. He lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

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    A body is discovered near Scolt Head and it looks like a "Samphire war" may be breaking out and Peter Shaw also has to deal with a spate of second home burglaries which seem politically motivated. Very topical themes of low paid migrant workers and the impact of second homes in a rural community combine with clever plotting which only reveals (the surprising) identity of the murderer near the end of the story. Well woven fictitious places amongst well-known real locations like Burnham Market and Wells add to the pleasure for those of us familiar with North Norfolk.

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