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THE SUN SETS IN BERMUDA – Lend Me A Hand
- $14.99
ISBN 979-889589446-0
When storied Scotland Yard homicide detective Sir Basil Cross-Knight inherits a run down and possibly haunted resort overlooking Elbow Beach in Bermuda, he makes a career change. He retires from the police force and returns to Bermuda, the land of his birth, looking forward to life as a gentleman innkeeper/novelist. But when the predictable mutilated body is found on his property, it falls to Basil to help the local constabulary solve the shocking crime, wrenching Basil out of his short lived retirement and spinning his life in a new direction. With a feast of unusual and beautifully depicted characters, this fascinating yarn will leave even the sharpest readers guessing who done it to the last pages. Rider McDowell has created a delightful new mystery series in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett. Bermuda has never seemed so enticing...or dangerous!
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THE SUN SETS IN BERMUDA – Dark Paintings
- $14.99
ISBN 979-8-89589-447-7
Retired Scotland Yard homicide detective Sir Basil Cross-Knight is at it again, looking death squarely in the eye as he battles another stringof awful murders amid the pink-sand splendor of Bermuda. Balancing life as an apprentice innkeeper of the moribund Coral Cove Club, with that of a reluctant sleuth, Basil realizes retirement in sunny tranquil Bermuda is anything but. Before you can say ‘Dark & Stormy,’ Basil is up to his knees in death, termites and pulchritude, as one-by-one subjects of a famous Bermuda portrait series are brutally murdered. Enlisting help from the local police, his sardonic daughter visiting from London, and his attractive new hotel manager, Ramona, Basil faces his toughest challenge yet, one that threatens his very life. Rider McDowell has created a delightful new mystery series in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett. Bermuda has never seemed so enticing...or dangerous!
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