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Henry Fleming Investigates #3
Death on Damson Island: A 1920s Mystery
An isolated island. A savage storm. An English murder mystery. A storm is raging over Damson Island, a desolate yet beautiful rocky outcrop off the south coast of England.
The island’s magnificent main house belongs to theatre director Randall Dobson, a man desperate to have his play ready for its West End stage debut. With time running out, he asks leading cast members to attend final rehearsals there, and Henry Fleming is invited by his old friend, the veteran actress Lady Mabel Garfield, to join them.
Cut off from the mainland by the storm, tensions rise, accusations fly and secrets are whispered. But despite old rivalries resurfacing and jealousy rearing its ugly head, it still comes as a shock when one of their number is brutally murdered.
Who among the guests is capable of such an act? With no way of reaching the mainland, private detective Henry Fleming must sift fact from fiction and uncover the truth if he is to answer the who among them has a motive for murder?
For fans of Poirot, Miss Marple, Columbo, Jessica Fletcher and all their wonderful whodunnit / howdunnit mysteries.
Clean no graphic violence, bedroom shenanigans, or strong language.
The island’s magnificent main house belongs to theatre director Randall Dobson, a man desperate to have his play ready for its West End stage debut. With time running out, he asks leading cast members to attend final rehearsals there, and Henry Fleming is invited by his old friend, the veteran actress Lady Mabel Garfield, to join them.
Cut off from the mainland by the storm, tensions rise, accusations fly and secrets are whispered. But despite old rivalries resurfacing and jealousy rearing its ugly head, it still comes as a shock when one of their number is brutally murdered.
Who among the guests is capable of such an act? With no way of reaching the mainland, private detective Henry Fleming must sift fact from fiction and uncover the truth if he is to answer the who among them has a motive for murder?
For fans of Poirot, Miss Marple, Columbo, Jessica Fletcher and all their wonderful whodunnit / howdunnit mysteries.
Clean no graphic violence, bedroom shenanigans, or strong language.
188 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 2, 2022
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Jay Gill was born in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. At aged 18, Jay moved to London where he worked in the printing industry, specialising in pharmaceutical leaflets and packaging. After years of commuting and working in this fast-paced environment, Jay moved back to Dorset with his family to enjoy the slower pace of life on the south coast. It was at this point that he carved out time to develop the detective thrillers that had been rattling around inside his head.
He lives with his wife and two daughters on the south coast of England, and though he loved the twenty-something years he spent in and around London, and the home counties, he feels settled and at peace in his native Dorset.
In this 1920s whodunnit, private detective Henry Fleming goes to Paris to unravel the mystery surrounding The Theft of the Kingsley Ruby.
All I need from you is an email address to send it to. Here's the link you need - https://www.jaygill.net/newsletter
Jay Gill was born in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. At aged 18, Jay moved to London where he worked in the printing industry, specialising in pharmaceutical leaflets and packaging. After years of commuting and working in this fast-paced environment, Jay moved back to Dorset with his family to enjoy the slower pace of life on the south coast. It was at this point that he carved out time to develop the detective thrillers that had been rattling around inside his head.
He lives with his wife and two daughters on the south coast of England, and though he loved the twenty-something years he spent in and around London, and the home counties, he feels settled and at peace in his native Dorset.
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December 26, 2023This is fairly typical cosy crime. The set up was a bit of a stretch of belief, and the characters not perhaps quite as fleshed out as they could have been. The narrator of the audiobook was pleasant enough to listen to, and the story itself was interesting enough, but failed to really grab me. Perhaps I’ve reached cosy crime saturation point? Whatever the reason I didn’t really take to Henry Fleming and his investigations.
October 14, 2022
Stuck on an island with a killer
Henry has been invited to spend by time on an island to view a play rehearsal. Violent storms keep him on the island and then, the murderer strikes!!
Henry has been invited to spend by time on an island to view a play rehearsal. Violent storms keep him on the island and then, the murderer strikes!!
April 3, 2024
Classic Christyesque murder “who-done-it” plot on a Scottish island during an isolating storm, so why did I find it so boring? I think the genre of murder mystery has morphed in expectation. The wife, the mistress, the girlfriend and a dead husband, oh 🥱 yawn.
April 28, 2024
Invited to an island to watch a play cast rehearse, PI Fleming finds himself investigating a murder. Kept me guessing until the very end. Every character was troubled with a reason to kill. Good read.
September 30, 2022
Compassion
Nice character development from the prior books. Fielding is compassionate not only toward the victim, but also with the misguided perpetrator. Recommended
Nice character development from the prior books. Fielding is compassionate not only toward the victim, but also with the misguided perpetrator. Recommended
December 20, 2022
A cozy murder mystery set in the 1920s.
June 9, 2023
An acting troupe is trapped on an Island during a storm, that ends with a murder.
August 31, 2023
Audiobook, knew she was his daughter from the beginning.
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March 25, 2024
This series is quite good - looking forward to the next chapter.
September 8, 2024
Again, a great classic. Keep them coming!
May 2, 2023
Actors in distress
Very good I like Jay Gill's novels because there straight forward murder mysteries no sex or violence just good old detecting love them
Very good I like Jay Gill's novels because there straight forward murder mysteries no sex or violence just good old detecting love them
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