High Island Blues, Ann Cleeves
High Island Blues, Ann Cleeves
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High Island Blues
A George & Molly Palmer-Jones Novel

Author: Ann Cleeves

Series: George & Molly Palmer-Jones Series #8

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2026

Synopsis

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series following remarkable mysteries in a birdwatching community—now available for the first time in the US.

Old college friends Rob, Oliver, and Mick reunite on an American bird watching tour. It is the first time in twenty years the three have been together—since their fateful trip to America when they met the enigmatic Laurie . . .

The tour party is hoping for spectacular sights at High Island on the Upper Texas coast but, as the rain pours down and swarms of migrating birds fall from the sky seeking shelter, the birders are distracted by a far more shocking sight: Mick’s dead body.

Back in Britain, Private Investigators George and Molly Palmer-Jones are working on a minor fraud case attached to Mick’s family. So when George receives a desperate transatlantic call from his friend Rob, he is on the first plane to Texas.

His investigations make little progress—until the second body is found . . .

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

About Ann Cleeves

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind three hit television series—Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, and The Long Call, starring Ben Aldridge—all of which are watched and loved in the United States. All three are available on BritBox.The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She was awarded the OBE in 2022 for services to reading and libraries. Ann lives in the United Kingdom.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz) on May 13, 2025

On the bookstore crawl in Houston, I visited Murder By the Book. Before I even arrived, I was worried about this stop; I was planning to buy a book at every bookstore and what mystery could I buy that I would like? Then I remembered that my husband and I had recently watched the first ten seasons of......more

Goodreads review by Helen on August 06, 2018

This series (which has largely disappeared from view in libraries and bookshops) is basically an amateur sleuth story involving bird watching and murder (this may sound odd but it does work, although it probably works better for you if you are a serious birder, as the author is). A good quick read (......more

Goodreads review by Ann on August 04, 2024

The 8th and final book in the Molly and George Palmer-Jones detective series. I enjoyed this one more than any of the others - the plot was more complex, the characters more defined and the pace quicker than in the other books.......more

Goodreads review by Kirsty (BookBlogger) on December 09, 2023

High Island Blues by Ann Cleeves Blurb In a bird watcher's paradise, murder comes home to roost. Among the birders from around the world gathered for the dazzling spring avian migration on the Texas coast are three old friends from England - Rob, Mick, and Oliver - celebrating the twentieth anniversary......more

Goodreads review by Emily on December 27, 2022

The last book in the George and Molly Palmer Jones series. Not as good as Ann Cleeve's later works but enough to keep an interest. An aristocratic friend of George's hires him to investigate a case of charity fraud. Then his friend Rob Earl is accused of murder in Texas and George is flying out to in......more

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