Cover of Dolly and the Bird of Paradise

Dolly and the Bird of Paradise

Book 6 of the Johnson Johnson series

Also known as Tropical Issue

The narrator is a Scots-born flower child who has become a celebrity make-up artist despite seemingly insurmountable handicaps. She becomes involved with Johnson Johnson in a sometimes deadly, sometimes hilarious, romp across the Atlantic Ocean and various Caribbean islands in pusuit of drug smugglers, who use murder and piracy to gain their ends.

Genre
mysterycrimedetectivespy thriller
Setting
1980sbritish
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 315 pages

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