This is the House / Shelley Smith

On an mountaintop on a remote West Indian island stand the house belonging to the Premier Justice Antoine Jacques, and in that house lies the Morte – Jacques’ wife. Julia lies in bed, afflicted by total paralysis, knowing that death must come one day. But death decides to come early…

Antoine begs Quentin Seal, an author of detective stories who comes to the island to write his books, to investigate Julia’s murder. But does a writer have the skills to get to the bottom of the case? When a second body is found, it seems there is every chance he doesn’t…