This entry in the Johnson Johnson series (aka "Dolly and the Doctor Bird") was a bit too convoluted for me. Despite that, I still could see the guilty party (though I had the wrong motive). ( )

This entry in the Johnson Johnson series (aka "Dolly and the Doctor Bird") was a bit too convoluted for me. Despite that, I still could see the guilty party (though I had the wrong motive). ( )

A somewhat gimmicky setup with out bifocal'd boat owner doing both catch up and counter plot in the Bahamas while assisting in the love life, previously nonexistent, of Dr. B. Douglas MacRannoch. The natives, mostly unnamed, suffer a large share of, the casualties. ( )

Doctor Macrannoch heir to the MacRannoch estates, nevertheless practices medicine in Nassau to be near her ill father. On a plane trip to the island, Sir Bart is taken ill, ostensibly with food poisoning but actually with arsenic. Amid a family gathering and a sub plot of golf and marrying off the unapproachable doctor, which involves removing her from her unattractive clothing and shaving her head; further accidents happen, and then Sir Bart's wife is killed. The race is on to discover who the killer is, and an exciting boat chase in shallows ensues.
The plots and characters in these books are totally OTT, light hearted readin and a strange dated feel.they are all set in glamorous moneyed worlds. They just lack the depth of her historical novels, and the compelling central character - as Johnson stays in the background a lot of the time. ( )