The second mystery in the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series, following A Bird in the Hand, by New York Times bestselling author Ann Cleeves.The picturesque, privately owned island of Gillibry off the North Devon coast turns out to be the perfect site for a murder...A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird Observatory Trust is made memorable by the owner's announcement that he is planning to sell the island. A sale would mean the end of the Observatory, which for some o