The Green Feathers
By David Jarvis

Review by Louise Cannon

David Jarvis is an author who just keeps getting better and better in writing style. I recommend discovering his books. Do check out this latest one too, The Green Feathers. Check out the blurb and review below as I join the Hobeck Books blog tour. Thanks to the publisher for an e-book and blog tour spot. All opinions are my own.

 

Blurb

When a butterfly flaps its wings in the Caribbean, it causes storms in Europe.

The British King and Prime Minister have arrived in Georgetown, Guyana, along with the leaders of the other fifty-five countries in the Commonwealth, for its biennial meeting. Two shots ring out causing panic on the steps of the Mahaica Convention Centre.

The previous month, Tina Persad, an MI6 agent with Caribbean experience, had been sent to find out whether rumoured threats to the meeting were real or not. Then days before it was due to start, she had disappeared without trace.

Michaela ‘Mike’ Kingdom, a CIA analyst in London, may have been the last person to see her alive when they had a drink together in The Green Feathers. With Tina missing, Mike makes it her mission to find her friend, despite warnings not to get involved.

The butterfly may have already flapped its wings, but can Mike find Tina before the Heavens open?

Review

The butterfly being used as an analogy that filters through a book is often clever, and that rings true in this thriller.

As with previous books, The Green Feathers mixes crime with the current political scene. This time, it focuses on the Commonwealth and its meetings, which people threaten to sabotage and cause mayhem. A rumour turns out to be sinister as the hunt for Tina Persad, a member of MI6, is on…

There are also guns and drugs, increasing the criminal tones further as gangs are out in-force on an island that looks picturesque, but has darker activities going on too.

The pace is quick and flows very well, continually keeping interest in what’s going to happen next in this tightly plotted book.

Go down to The Green Feathers, or your local pub anyway, have a drink and get stuck into this book, that’s well worth reading!