Strawberry Moon. A Mediterranean Crime Mystery (en Inglés) - Joan Fallon

An atmospheric Málaga private investigator mystery in which an apparent double suicide refuses to add up. Mediterranean crime fiction about closed communities, official indifference and a detective who challenges the official story.

An atmospheric Málaga mystery of forbidden relationships, buried truths, and a detective willing to challenge the official story.

Two young lovers are found dead near a Málaga beach, but JD doesn’t believe they took their own lives.

On Midsummer’s Eve, the bodies of two young gypsies are found in a solitary spot near a beach in Málaga. It looks like a double suicide—a lovers’ pact to end it all—and the police are quick to close the case.

But Jacaranda Dunne, a female private investigator known to everyone as JD, thinks otherwise.

When a cousin of the dead girl asks JD to investigate, he tells her the young man was gay and the girl was pregnant—both reasons to despair when you are a gypsy, but not to commit suicide.

The investigation proves more difficult than usual. JD and her team face resistance from the gypsy community and little cooperation from a recalcitrant Guardia Civil commander.

At first there seems to be no motive for killing the two young people, but gradually some unpleasant truths begin to emerge.

Strawberry Moon is Book 3 in The Jacaranda Dunne Mysteries series. Perfect for readers who love atmospheric crime fiction, female private investigators, rule-breaking detectives, and mysteries by Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, and Robert Galbraith.

Praise for the The Jacaranda Dunne Mysteries series:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Even at the end, once the crime has been solved, we are left wanting more.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Can’t wait to read what’s next.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Scary to think of modern day slavery…

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We are kept guessing as to the means and motive behind the crime.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It truly kept me glued to the book.

Two bodies on a Málaga beach. One
suicide story that doesn’t add up…

Private investigator Jacaranda ‘JD’ Dunne is hired to investigate the deaths of two young Roma lovers found near a Málaga beach on Midsummer’s Eve. The police quickly close the case, convinced the couple made a suicide pact, but JD isn’t buying it. As she digs deeper into the lives of the dead teenagers, she faces hostility from the Roma community, resistance from the Guardia Civil, and mounting evidence that somebody is hiding the truth.

But her search for answers could expose secrets an entire
community wants buried…