Bettie's Books

* Sea Fever [1991], 6 hours 21 mins, read by Ric Jerromblurb - The birdwatching weekend in Cornwell becomes memorable when a small band of fanatical birdwatchers aboard the 'Jessie Ellen' - among them amateur detective George Palmer-Jones - sights a seabird that has never been recorded. In the excitement, no-one notices the sudden absence of Greg Franks, the most aggressive birder of them all. Later, Frank's corpse, the head bludgeoned, is found floating in the sea and George unhappily shoulders the burden of finding his killer. Who hated Franks enough to kill him? Stormy Petrel Wilson's petrelLots of knitting and birdwatching in this one. Ann Cleeves' stories are mighty fine as 'also ran' fodder however you would come up mighty hungry if they were your only diet.(low)3* Raven Black2* White Nights3* Hidden Depths3* The Crow Trap3* Telling Tales