Caribbean Sunset with a Yellow Parrot: Belchester Chronicle

Lady Amanda Golightly and her old friend Hugo Cholmondley-Crichton-Crump are off to the Caribbean. One of Lady A's old school-friends is having a school reunion, coupled with a push to sell the villas she has built on part of a privately-owned island. Some of the old girls already live there, others are crossing for the reunion by sea, and Lady Amanda books crossings on the same ship - the Seven Seas Floating Party Town.

Hugo, on embarkation, is horrified to discover himself the centre of attention in a gaggle of elderly women with a plethora of unlikely nicknames. As usual, life is anything but uneventful and, soon after disembarkation, the tropical island paradise is rife with murder, smuggling, blackmail and much, much, more.

With Lady Amanda's unerring nose for nefarious deeds, she, Hugo and the newlywed and utterly besotted Beauchamps are off on the detecting trail once more - this time with coconut rum - and their adventures include Lady A's too close for comfort encounter with a dustbin and Hugo's unfortunate experience with the local hot sauce.

The finale to the tale is as shocking as it is unexpected!