Jean Harrod

Author of Jess Turner series of international crime thrillers, and the new Grace Winter series set in North Yorkshire

Deadly Deceit

A stunningly original and fast-paced crime thriller set in the Caribbean. Between the pages lurk murder, voodoo, and people-smuggling.

British diplomat Jess Turner is on temporary assignment in the Governor’s Office of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in the Caribbean. The coral sands and turquoise seas are stunning, but things are not what they seem. The locals are upset about boatloads of illegal migrants arriving from nearby Haiti on their shores, and fearful of the voodoo they bring. Tensions are running high. When the Governor is critically injured in a car crash, and a brutal muder occurs, Jess is left reeling. What she starts to uncover sends shockwaves through the corridors of power back in London.

When Det Inspector Tom Sangster visits her to find out how the British Government deals with the migrant problem in their Overseas Territory, he and Jess are soon working together to uncover the TCI’s dark and disturbing secrets. But a hurricane is approaching and, as with each revelation they get closer to the truth, they end up fighting for their own lives.