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A Bird in the Hand: The First George & Molly Palmer-Jones Novel Audiobook, by Ann Cleeves Play Audiobook Sample

A Bird in the Hand: The First George & Molly Palmer-Jones Novel Audiobook

A Bird in the Hand: The First George & Molly Palmer-Jones Novel Audiobook, by Ann Cleeves Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Sean Barrett Publisher: Macmillan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: George & Molly Palmer-Jones Release Date: January 2026 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781250413123

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

17

Longest Chapter Length:

35:53 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

25 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

25:54 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

38

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Publisher Description

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series following remarkable mysteries in a birdwatching community—now available for the first time in the US.

In England’s birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted—a murderer . . .



Young Tom French is found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck. One of the best birders in England, Tom had put the village of Rushy on the birdwatching map. Everyone liked him. Or did they?

George Palmer-Jones, an elderly birdwatcher who decides quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovers mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remains baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether.

But as he and his fellow ‘twitchers’ flock from Norfolk to Scotland to the Scilly Isles in response to rumors of rare sightings, George—with help from his lovely wife, Molly—gradually discerns the true markings of a killer. All he has to do is prove it . . . before the murderer strikes again.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

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About Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves is the author of five series of mysteries, two of which have been turned into hit television series. Her first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the Crime Writers’ Association’s Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel. In 2016, she won the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honor in British crime writing. Cold Earth was a finalist for the McIlvanney Prize, and The Long Call was shortlisted for the 2020 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2022, she was awarded an OBE for services to reading and libraries. 

About Sean Barrett

Sean Barrett has won over twenty Earphones Awards and two prestigious Audie Awards for his audiobook narrations. He started acting professionally at the age of twelve and has since appeared on television and in film in Minder, Brush Strokes, War and Peace, Sons and Lovers, and Return to Oz. His stage credits include performing in the West End with Noël Coward in his Suite in Three Keys. He has worked extensively on BBC Radio and has also narrated several television series, including People’s Century and Crash.