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A Bird in the Hand

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Pan Macmillan; 2014Description: 224 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781447289050
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.92
Summary: A Bird in the Hand is the first novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted - a murderer ...Young Tom French was 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 Palmer-Jones, an elderly birdwatcher who decided quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovered mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remained baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether. But as he and his fellow twitchers"" flocked from Norfolk to Scotland to the Scilly Isles", in response to rumours of rare sightings, George - with help from his lovely wife, Molly - gradually discerned the true markings of a killer. All he had to do was prove it ...before the murderer strikes again.
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Crime 823.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Not For Loan Book Bazaar PKLC013703
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Crime 823.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC013969
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A Bird in the Hand is the first novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted - a murderer ...Young Tom French was 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 Palmer-Jones, an elderly birdwatcher who decided quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovered mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remained baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether. But as he and his fellow twitchers"" flocked from Norfolk to Scotland to the Scilly Isles", in response to rumours of rare sightings, George - with help from his lovely wife, Molly - gradually discerned the true markings of a killer. All he had to do was prove it ...before the murderer strikes again.

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