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Violence
Barely any
Murder investigation; nothing graphic
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild; country house party culture
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild; the nature reserve as a setting; George Palmer-Jones's bird-watching expertise as his detective tool
What this book is about
An early George and Molly Palmer-Jones mystery by Ann Cleeves: the famous bird-watcher couple George Palmer-Jones is investigating a murder at a nature reserve being filmed for a TV documentary. Cleeves's early series established the amateur sleuth formula she would later perfect with Vera and Shetland.
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