Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series following remarkable mysteries in a birdwatching communitynow in print for the first time in the US.
The huge and powerful hawk dominated the scene. Its talons pierced the womans flesh and the beak pointed towards her eyes . . .
The sight is a particularly horrible shock for George Palmer-Jones, ornithologist and amateur detective, as he was an old friend of the victim Eleanor Masefield. George and his wife Molly are staying at Eleanors family-run hotel, but Molly cant help but be suspicious of Eleanor.
Is Eleanor a black widowa ruthless manipulator of all those caught in her far-reaching web? Can Molly prove it in time to prevent another death?
