Too Close to the Sun
(2024)(The fourth book in the Jacaranda Dunne Mystery series)
A novel by Joan Fallon
In Too Close to the Sun, the fourth crime novel in the Jacaranda Dunne Mysteries, it is JD's mother, Rosa, who insists that JD investigates the tragic death of a young man who falls into the sea while paramotoring close to the harbour.
As shocked sunbathers watch the paramotor stall and the pilot desperately struggle to regain height, a strong gust of wind suddenly sweeps him across the harbour wall and out of sight.
The coast guards are quick to reach the scene but at first there is no sign of the man or his machine. Then police divers are brought in to recover his dead body. They find nothing unusual about the death and declare it an unfortunate accident, but JD's mother is not convinced and contacts her daughter.
The dead man is the son and heir of a prominent aristocrat, the Duke of Roble and Rosa is a close friend of the family. She explains to JD that the father is very ill and is not expected to recover. His son stood to inherit both the title and a considerable fortune if he had lived. Now it all goes to his sister. Does this mean that she is a suspect or is she too in danger of her life? Before she can take the investigation any further, JD has to determine whether his death was an accident or murder.
At first she struggles to find any concrete evidence of murder, however there are plenty of people with a motive to kill him.
Set in Málaga, ‘Too Close to the Sun’ is a murder mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page.
Genre: Mystery
As shocked sunbathers watch the paramotor stall and the pilot desperately struggle to regain height, a strong gust of wind suddenly sweeps him across the harbour wall and out of sight.
The coast guards are quick to reach the scene but at first there is no sign of the man or his machine. Then police divers are brought in to recover his dead body. They find nothing unusual about the death and declare it an unfortunate accident, but JD's mother is not convinced and contacts her daughter.
The dead man is the son and heir of a prominent aristocrat, the Duke of Roble and Rosa is a close friend of the family. She explains to JD that the father is very ill and is not expected to recover. His son stood to inherit both the title and a considerable fortune if he had lived. Now it all goes to his sister. Does this mean that she is a suspect or is she too in danger of her life? Before she can take the investigation any further, JD has to determine whether his death was an accident or murder.
At first she struggles to find any concrete evidence of murder, however there are plenty of people with a motive to kill him.
Set in Málaga, ‘Too Close to the Sun’ is a murder mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page.
Genre: Mystery
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