Come Death and High Water
Come Death and High Water
- Author/Seller
- Ann Cleeves
- SKU:
- 9781035003457
$33.00
A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird Observatory Trust
is made memorable by the owner's announcement that he is
going to sell the island. A sale would mean the end of the
Observatory, which for some of the birders makes life worth
living. A fire in Charlie Todd's cottage adds to their distress.
And when, next morning, after a fierce storm, they find
Charlie dead in a bird hide, their pleasant September
weekend assumes a dangerous new face.
Charlie Todd's murder could have been the deed of any
member of the Trust. And it falls to one of their own, George
Palmer-Jones, to unravel the identity of a killer within their
midst . . .
Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV's The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.
Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021 her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. She lives in Northumberland where the Vera books are set.
is made memorable by the owner's announcement that he is
going to sell the island. A sale would mean the end of the
Observatory, which for some of the birders makes life worth
living. A fire in Charlie Todd's cottage adds to their distress.
And when, next morning, after a fierce storm, they find
Charlie dead in a bird hide, their pleasant September
weekend assumes a dangerous new face.
Charlie Todd's murder could have been the deed of any
member of the Trust. And it falls to one of their own, George
Palmer-Jones, to unravel the identity of a killer within their
midst . . .
Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV's The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide.
Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of ‘Murder Squad’, working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. Ann also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021 her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. She lives in Northumberland where the Vera books are set.
