Death and danger stalk undercover investigator DJ Smith when she is seconded to the Portuguese Drug Enforcement Agency on Madeira, island of orchids and the flamboyant bird of paradise flower. After Luis Gomes's body is found floating in Funchal harbour, Comandante Figueira blames her for a security lapse which jeopardized the success of anti-drug operation Boa Morte. Given a deadline to get results, DJ narrows the list of suspects, each of them with something to hide. But her investigations draw the attention of a ruthless killer to herself and her sniffer cat Gorgonzola. A tense end game takes place on the 2,000 foot cliffs of Cabo Girao, when DJ is faced with the hardest decision of her life.
- ISBN13 9780709092810
- Publish Date 1 September 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 November 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English