Ibiza Surprise

When Sarah Cassells, a British girl who has just completed her training as a chef, hears of her father’s violent death on Ibiza, she refuses to believe it is suicide.She goes to Ibiza to investigate and becomes involved with an art dealer; with two beautiful jetsetters; with her brother’s strange predicament; with a remarkable American woman who is not all what she seems – and with Johnson Johnson, the mysterious portrait painter who shows up on his yacht, Dolly.As Ibiza prepares to celebrate Holy Week with the traditional processions, events become more and more macabre…***PRAISE FOR THE DOLLY SERIES***‘The Dolly novels are… delicious, funny, ingenious, glamorous, clever.’ Listener‘Dunnett tempts her fans with buried clues and red herrings that keep them reading and rereading the books.’ New York Times‘[Dunnett’s] women are among her strongest characters.’ Guardian

'The Dolly novels are … delicious, funny, ingenious, glamorous, clever.' – LISTENER, 'Dunnett tempts her fans with buried clues and red herrings that keep them reading and rereading the books.’ – NEW YORK TIMES, '[Dunnett’s] women are among her strongest characters.' – GUARDIAN

Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001) gained an international reputation as a writer of historical fiction. She moved genres and turned to crime writing with the acclaimed Dolly books, also known as the Johnson Johnson series. She was a trustee of the National Library of Scotland, and a board member of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. In 1992 she was awarded an OBE for her services to literature. A leading light in the Scottish arts world and a renaissance woman, Dunnett was also a professional portrait painter and exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions.