Another Man's Poison

Another Man’s Poison is the fifth mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Vera Stanhope, Shetland and Two Rivers crime series.

Ursula Ottway’s beautiful cottage is wanted by her landlord, politician Marcus Grenville, for conversion into a holiday residence. When Ursula discovers that the illegal use of poisoned bait on Grenville’s land has killed not only a rare bird of prey but also her two beloved cats, she storms to his house, threatening revenge.

Arriving at her aunt Ursula’s house the following morning, Molly Palmer-Jones is shocked to fifind her body slumped lifeless on the sofa. Devastated by the loss, Molly and her husband George decide to piece together a picture of Ursula’s last days – and it soon becomes clear that, for many people on the estate, this was a very convenient death.

Embarking on a murder investigation to bring the killer to justice, their professional expertise doesn’t prepare them for what is to follow, as a lifetime’s worth of secrets begins to surface . . .