Review: The Coconut Killings by Patricia Moyes

Synopsis: A U.S. Senator is found brutally murdered with a machete on the grounds of an exclusive golf club on one of the British Seaward Islands. John and Margaret Colville, who operate a modest hotel on the island, ask their friends Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy to come to St. Mathews' to conduct an investigation. Although an amiable young islander who tends bar for the Colvilles has been arrested for the crime, Henry soon discovers that the murder rests on complex motives reaching far beyond the Caribbean.

I will preface this review with advice for anyone from the "woke brigade" to avoid due to the fact that I am sure they will be offended. This tome was published in 1979 so the views, ideas, perceptions and actions date from a time before this. The slightly pompous and rather dated colonial tropes ascribed to the British characters and projected by the British characters toward the native Caribbeans will not be to everyone's liking - and I myself found it rather grating at times and I absolutely love the older classic crime and mystery books.

I suggest that one dispense with both the implausible and the plausible, and just enjoy the story - afterall, you don't have to read it, and if you do, you can always pass it on.