Strawberry Moon : A Mediterranean Crime Mystery - Joan Fallon

An atmospheric M�laga private investigator mystery in which an apparent double suicide refuses to add up. Mediterranean crime fiction about closed communities, official indifference and a detective who challenges the official story. An atmospheric M�laga mystery of forbidden relationships, buried truths, and a detective willing to challenge the official story. Two young lovers are found dead near a M�laga beach, but JD doesn't believe they took their own lives. On Midsummer's Eve, the bodies of two young gypsies are found in a solitary spot near a beach in M�laga. It looks like a double suicide-a lovers' pact to end it all-and the police are quick to close the case. But Jacaranda Dunne, a female private investigator known to everyone as JD, thinks otherwise. When a cousin of the dead girl asks JD to investigate, he tells her the young man was gay and the girl was pregnant-both reasons to despair when you are a gypsy, but not to commit suicide. The investigation proves more difficult than usual. JD and her team face resistance from the gypsy community and little cooperation from a recalcitrant Guardia Civil commander. At first there seems to be no motive for killing the two young people, but gradually some unpleasant truths begin to emerge. Strawberry Moon is Book 3 in The Jacaranda Dunne Mysteries series. Perfect for readers who love atmospheric crime fiction, female private investigators, rule-breaking detectives, and mysteries by Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, and Robert Galbraith. Praise for the The Jacaranda Dunne Mysteries series:? ? ? ? ? Even at the end, once the crime has been solved, we are left wanting more. ? ? ? ? ? Can't wait to read what's next. ? ? ? ? ? Scary to think of modern day slavery.? ? ? ? ? We are kept guessing as to the means and motive behind the crime. ? ? ? ? ? It truly kept me glued to the book.