Cover of The Killing of Polly Carter

The Killing of Polly Carter

Part of the Death in Paradise series

An original story from the creator and writer of the hit BBC One TV series, Death in Paradise, featuring on-screen favourite detective, DI Richard Poole.

Supermodel Polly Carter was famed for her looks and party-girl lifestyle. Now she's dead, apparently having thrown herself from the clifftop near her home on the island of Saint-Marie. Those who knew her say Polly would never have killed herself...and when he is called in to investigate, DI Richard Poole is inclined to agree there is more to Polly's death than meets the eye.

Read more

Already fighting a losing battle against the intense summer heat of the Caribbean, Richard now faces fresh adversaries: a stream of alibis; a host of conflicting motives; and, worst of all, a visit from his mother. A frenzy which would surely allow a murderer to slip away unnoticed...yet Richard is certain that the guilty party is still on the island.

As his team closes in on Polly's household, Richard becomes convinced that the model's death was an inside job. And he's determined to prove who planned the killing of Polly Carter, and why...

Genre
crimemysterydetectivecozy mysteryhumor
Setting
2010s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 333 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked The Killing of Polly Carter? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Killing of Polly Carter. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Speechless Shares crime, mystery, detective
  2. The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: A Man Lay Dead and A Surfeit of Lampreys Shares crime, mystery, detective
  3. The Ties That Bind Shares crime, mystery, fiction
  4. Murder has a Motive Shares crime, mystery, detective

“People who read The Killing of Polly Carter tend to reach for these next.”

  1. The Quickening
  2. The Bloodied Ivy
  3. The Case of the Baited Hook
  4. Mail-Order Holiday Brides: Home for Christmas/Snowflakes for Dry Creek

“If you want more of the same (crime), start with these.”

  1. First Frost
  2. 48 Hours To Die: An Anthony Stone Novel
  3. Ash and Bones
  4. Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of the Riviera

“If it was the mystery that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Scream: A Dci Mark Lapslie Investigation
  2. While Drowning in the Desert
  3. A Measure of Blood
  4. Free onlineFree Room 13

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Keeper of the Keys
  2. Thin Air
  3. Maui Heat
  4. Paper Doll