Restless Coffins

1969, Bristol: Bajan ex-cop and reluctant private detective Joseph "JT" Tremaine Ellington is still trading in cash and favors, lending a helping hand to those who can't go to the police. He receives a telegram informing him that his sister has been murdered. To go home to Barbados, he must accept a ticket from his shady cousin, Vic, on the condition that he travels to New York first, where Vic lives. JT discovers that Vic is the U.S. end of a crime operation that stretches back to Barbados, and that Vic's business partner is responsible for the death of JT's wife and daughter. As JT finds himself embroiled in the world of drugs, bent law, voodoo, and the bitter legacy of slavery, he must return to the island of his birth and face the demons of his past.

"This is terrific crime fiction—evocative, socially aware and gripping—and JT Ellington is a compelling protagonist." —Mark Billingham, author, Sleepyhead

"Page turning historical detective fiction at it's finest, picks you up and puts you right in 60's Britain, and its underbelly, and a new genre to boot, say hello to 'Barbadian/Bristolian noir." —Dermot O'Leary, Irish TV presenter

M. P.  Wright is a former private investigator and the author of Heartman and All Through the Night.