DEATH ON SCOLT HEAD ISLAND

FROM CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING JIM KELLY COMES AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING CRIME MYSTERY SERIES SET ON THE SWEEPING NORFOLK COAST.Please note this book was previously published as AT DEATH’S WINDOW.It’s Detective Peter Shaw’s day off. He’s enjoying a leisurely lunch at the Old Ship Inn when a storm rolls in over Brancaster Marsh. Then his RNLI pager goes off.Minutes later, he’s racing across the water toward a stranded family cut off by the tide. He gets them out alive . . . but what they saw will haunt them forever.Out on a shifting sandbank beneath Scolt Head Island, a body is surfacing with the flood.The man is anchored to the mud, feet weighted, arms lifted by the tide as if reaching for help. His throat has been cut.On the island, Detectives Shaw and Valentine find the signs of a calculated kill: two sets of footprints, one heavy, one light. Drag marks across the sand. A fire still warm at the top of the dunes.But the crime scene won’t hold. With every hour, the tide erases the truth.This was no impulsive killing. It was planned to the minute.And the body wasn’t meant to vanish.It was meant to be found.This unputdownable crime mystery, laced with dark secrets, is perfect for fans of Joy Ellis, Caro Ramsay, Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths, LJ Ross or Val McDermid.MEET THE DETECTIVESDI Peter Shaw works in the shadow of his late father, a legend of the North Norfolk police force. A recent accident cost him the sight in one eye. Methodical, principled, and forensic to the core, he loathes the slapdash instinct and rule-breaking habits of old-fashioned coppers. Which makes his partner a problem . . .DS George Valentine is exactly the kind of policeman Shaw can’t stand. He trusts gut instinct over procedure, enjoys a drink or three, and smokes like a chimney. What’s worse, he was once partner to Shaw’s late father.THE SETTINGNorfolk’s coast is flat and exposed, with saltmarsh and sandbank running alongside stretches of black water. Narrow coast roads thread between dykes and creeks, easily disrupted by tide, weather, or a single fallen tree. Inland, King’s Lynn is all tight streets and old dockland, its medieval layout still intact while modern crime hides in plain sight. Out here, the landscape shapes every investigation.Praise for Jim Kelly:’The novels of Jim Kelly are something of a find.’ The New York Times’Intelligent crime fiction - leaves the reader hungry for more.’ Val McDermid, No. 1 bestselling author’A superior police procedural.’ Publishers Weekly’Kelly demonstrates his mastery at creating a convoluted puzzle that must be sorted out by even more complicate detectives.’ Library JournalREADERS LOVE DEATH ON SCOLT HEAD ISLAND:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ’A great array of characters, vivid descriptions of the city and surrounding country, intrigue and history all woven into another compelling novel.’ Bernard B.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ’Jim Kelly has once more evoked the beautiful beaches of Norfolk in his pursuit of murderers, drug traffickers and samphire pickers.’ Pete D.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ’No other crime writer gets near Jim Kelly in his ability to make the place a major actor in the drama.’ Magpie