On Honeymoon with Death (Oz Blackstone Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Quintin Jardine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2002 | Series: Oz Blackstone Mysteries

Returning to the idyllic Spanish village where they were once so happy, Oz Blackstone and Primavera Phillips are looking to forget the past. But the shadow of Oz’s wife Jan, now tragically dead, is threatening to destroy their relationship. That is, until a body turns up in the swimming pool of their new villa, and suddenly they’re very much back in harness again.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Scottish author Jardine (Screen Savers, etc.) offers plenty of foul language, treachery and carnal intrigue in this rambling novel, his fifth to feature Glaswegian Osbert "Oz" Blackstone. Oz returns to Spain's Costa Brava with his second wife, Primavera "Prim" Phillips, to resume the idyllic life they had before he left her to marry his childhood sweetheart, Jan, who's now dead. Oz's lottery winnings and budding movie career allow him to buy a fully furnished villa, complete with a swimming pool and a shoddy Russian-make car in the garage. When the pool is uncovered and drained, there's a body at the bottom, perhaps that of the previous owner. Smuggling and money laundering from traffic in white slaves lead to more corpses and violence. Family quarrels and recriminations alternate with descriptions of life among British expats in Catalan country, and their not always easy interactions with the locals. Most of the detection, however, occurs in the book's final chapters, after Oz discovers that Prim has had several casual and serious affairs in his absence. To even the score, Oz welcomes the advances of two lusty beauties while Prim is away. Readers fond of virile Scottish heroes may be the only ones not metaphorically twiddling their thumbs through the long character analyses that precede the book's wife-swapping denouement, which takes place, fittingly enough, in the conjugal bed.
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From the Publisher

Quintin Jardine offers plenty of treachery and carnal intrigue in this first–rate mystery series featuring private investigator Osbert “Oz” Blackstone and his alluring partner Primavera Phillips. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 245 pages
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747271763
• ISBN-13: 978-0747271765
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,008,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)