Caribbean Evil by Merryn Allingham

Nancy Tremayne has landed the job of her dreams in London. But this is 1955 and her husband has a project in the Caribbean and expects her to travel with him. It’s not long before she realises that tension and suspense pervade the island of Malfuego, fuelled by political upheaval and a suspected drug ring. When she witnesses a brutal attack on a defenceless young man, Gabriel Sekela, she expects the worst. And the worst duly arrives.
Murder.
Determined to discover who killed Gabriel, Nancy finds herself plunged into a mayhem of deceit and fear, relying on her husband’s assistant, Archie, for help. But there is more at stake than physical danger. Romance is a slippery word, and their lives have become dangerously entangled. After Malfuego, things will never be the same again.

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

A terrible accident—or the murder of someone keeping dangerous secrets?
The music soars. The opera reaches its finale. And a woman falls to her death. Newlywed Nancy Tremayne is a shocked witness to the tragedy at La Fenice. The police suspect suicide but Nancy has spoken to the dead woman only hours before her death and feels certain she was pushed.
As she explores the beauty of Venice, helped reluctantly by Leo’s assistant, Archie, she finds herself caught in a thrilling roller coaster of suspense, plunging more and more deeply into the city’s secrets. Together, they discover a Venice as sinister as it is beautiful.
Determined to reveal the evil she suspects, Nancy walks ever closer to danger. Until she realises she may be forced to make a choice – the truth or her life?