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.