Murder Under The Palms

Book 2 in the Caribbean crime series featuring Detectives Raythan Preddy and Scottish expat Sean Harris. When a high ranking judge is found murdered at his Jamaican seafront villa, the investigation falls into the hands of Pelican Walk's lead detectives.

Among the senior citizens of Palm Beach, legendary Oscar-winning actress Charlotte Graham finds love, murder, and a delightful cozy mystery After fifty years on stage and screen, Hollywood icon Charlotte Graham has gone south for the winter. In the glamorous confines of Palm Beach, Charlotte sips rum cocktails, reunites with friends, and rekindles the flame with a former lover. Eddie Norwood was a legendary conductor of the big-band era, and the man who stole Charlotte’s heart aboard the SS Normandie, a fabulously opulent ocean liner that was sabotaged in 1942. Charlotte and Eddie reconnect at a party to honor the memory of the Normandie, and the old sparks are just beginning to fly when their reunion is interrupted by murder. A jewelry designer has been found dead on the beach, and only Charlotte has the poise, wit, and old Hollywood charm necessary to find the killer—and perhaps a little love along the way. Fans of Conrad Allen’s nautical mysteries will be enchanted by Stefanie Matteson’s ability to recreate the glory days of the old ocean liners. Whether sipping champagne or investigating a murder, Charlotte Graham proves that true glamour stands the test of time. Murder Under the Palms is the 8th book in the Charlotte Graham Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

The New York Times bestselling history of the glamor and debauchery of the ultra-wealthy Palm Beach community--from The Breakers to Trump's Mar-a-Lago. For more than a hundred years, Palm Beach has been an exclusive and exotic universe of wealth and privilege in America. And until Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme devastated its eternally sunny world, the reality of this affluent enclave has rarely been exposed to outsiders. Now, in Madness Under the Royal Palms, resident insider Laurence Leamer reveals the secrets and scandals of this South Florida island via a cast of characters that includes social climbers, trophy wives, sugar daddies, glamorous widows and their "escorts," sociopathic multimillionaires, and elegant society queens. This summer, dive into the unbelievable true story of love, lust, money, and murder in an uniquely American paradise.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I loved the idea of taking a Scottish police officer totally out of his depth and dropping him into another culture." Angie SERIES CHOSEN FOR THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB. 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. The beautiful Caribbean Sea laps lazily against the verandah where Jamaican Supreme Court Judge Everton Wrenn lies dead. Someone strangled him with their bare hands. Judge Wrenn had more than a few enemies, but who wanted to squeeze the life out of him? Detective Preddy is determined to find out. Sean Harris is back and ready to stick his oar in. Preddy thought he'd seen the last of the interfering Glaswegian detective. Meanwhile, the island's surviving judges threaten to strike until Wrenn's killer is found. Jamaica's criminals will be free to run amok. Then another murder turns the case upside down. Time is running out for Preddy and Harris to stop the killing. 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. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT PAULA LENNON: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A must-read, I like the characters and the mix of suspense and humour. I await the next book by Ms. Lennon." Elaine ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "With its piercing social lens and realistic, character-driven plot, Murder in Montego Bay is a superb debut for Paula Lennon." Vijayalakshmi ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Lennon's writing definitely transports you to the island whether you've been there before or not." Shan ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This book is very well written and plotted. The suspense starts out immediately and increases through the rest of the book." Joyce ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "First-class murder mystery with multiple suspects, dead-end leads and sleuths with egos and other personal matters that do not make this case straightforward." Gwyneth MEET THE DETECTIVES: Raythan Preddy is a tough-talking, patriotic Jamaican detective and leader of the Pelican Walk Major Crimes Team. Determined to halt the murder rate in Montego Bay despite limited resources and a hostile top brass, Preddy gets the additional help in the form of newly-arrived foreigner, Sean Harris. But the jury is out on whether the new guy is going to be any good. Or whether the locals will understand his broad Glaswegian brogue. Sean Harris is an outspoken, red-headed Scottish detective with a stubborn streak. In his fifties, with nearly two decades in law enforcement, he's been sent on secondment to Jamaica. While sympathetic to the cause of crime reduction, Harris is frustrated by the Jamaican methods of policing and not shy with his opinions. Much to the chagrin of his new colleagues. ALSO BY PAULA LENNON PREDDY AND HARRIS Book 1: MURDER IN MONTEGO BAY Book 2: MURDER UNDER THE PALMS Book 3: MURDER AT SUGAR RUSH BEACH

In Florida Charlotte Graham, the 70-something actress and sleuth is attending a gala evening on the luxury liner Normandie when murder strikes. Also present is Eddie, a pianist on the Normandie half a century earlier with whom youthful Charlotte had an affair and together they solve the crime. By the author of Murder Among the Angels.

"Twentynine Palms is a compelling account of the devastating murder of two young girls by a troubled Marine in a rural California desert town. More than just a murder-mystery, it is a passionate dissection of desert life itself. The Mojave becomes a character for Stillman, as powerful and immediate as any of the actors in this real-life drama"--Provided by publisher.

Antoinette Caulfield brings her fiance home to Hawaii to meet her grandparents--with her classmate Iris Cooper as a chaperone. Iris is shocked to see a woman in white apparently following Antoinette. Is it the ghost of Antoinette's mother who mysteriously passed away?

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