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Murder in Montego Bay

Privileged Chinese-Jamaican brothers Lester and Carter Chin Ellis have enjoyed a glitzy life as heirs to an iced desserts empire. When both end up in police custody over a traffic incident, only one survives the night.

The murder lights up social media at home and abroad. Added to the pressures from the Chin Ellis family, the public and the media, discredited Detective Raythan Preddy is forced to work with Detective Sean Harris, a man seconded from Scotland, a man whom Preddy does not trust. Detective Preddy must catch a wily killer and restore his career.

Reader Reviews On Murder in Montego Bay

★★★★★

I loved the idea of taking a Scottish police officer totally out of his depth and dropping him into another culture.
- Angie

★★★★★

A must-read, I like the characters and the mix of suspense and humour.
- Elaine

★★★★

With its piercing social lens and realistic, character-driven plot, Murder in Montego Bay is a superb debut for Paula Lennon.
- Vijayalakshmi

★★★★

Lennon’s writing definitely transports you to the island whether you’ve been there before or not.
- Shan

★★★★

This book is very well written and plotted. The suspense starts out immediately and increases through the rest of the book.
- Joyce

★★★★

An exciting place for a drama — there’s the descriptions of the island and the sprinkling of Jamaican patois which adds to the overall flavour and charm.
- The BookTrail

First-class murder mystery with multiple suspects, dead-end leads and sleuths with egos and other personal matters that do not make this case straightforward. - Gwyneth