The privately-owned island of Gillibry off the North Devon coast is the perfect site for murder.
A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird Observatory Trust is made memorable by the owner's announcement that he is going to sell the island.
A sale would mean the end of the Observatory.
and of all that, for some of them, made life worth living.
A fire in Charlie Todd's cottage added to their distress.
And when, next morning, after a fierce storm, they found Charlie dead in a bird hide, thei.