BLUE LIGHTNING

In the fourth Shetland novel, Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to Fair Isle to introduce his fiancée to his parents. With the autumn storms raging, the island is cut off from the rest of the world, and with the island on lockdown, a killer is on the loose. A woman's body is discovered at the renowned bird observatory, with feathers threaded through her hair. Perez has no support from the mainland and must investigate the old-fashioned way. He soon realises that this is no crime of passion, but a murder of cold and calculated intention. There is no way of getting off the island until the storms abate, so the killer is also trapped, just waiting for the opportunity to strike again. 352pp, paperback.