Death on the Island

By: Eliza Reid

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Synopsis: Agatha Christie meets Nordic noir in this &“brilliant debut&” (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about diplomats stranded on a windswept Icelandic island with a murderer in their midst.A remote Icelandic island. A diplomatic dinner party. A murderer in their midst. When Kavita Banerjee, the deputy ambassador of Canada, dies suddenly at a dinner party attended by the great and the good from Icelandic business and politics, suspicion falls on everyone present, but particularly on the victim&’s boss, Graeme Shearer, the Canadian ambassador. Jane Shearer, Graeme&’s long-suffering wife, is accustomed to cleaning up his messes. But now, saving her husband&’s career—and her crumbling marriage—requires her to investigate her fellow dinner guests. Uncovering corruption and murder is a dangerous job, but Jane knows better than most what desperate people will do to protect their secrets.