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Death at the Yumbo Centre
Dan just wanted sun, cocktails, and a break from real life. What he got instead? A blood-soaked body count and one very messy mystery.
On holiday in Gran Canaria with his old university friend Hugo, introverted millennial Dan expects drag queens, drunken flings, and debaucherous nights at the Yumbo Centre. But after a date with a dangerously charming local, a tragic death turns the holiday into something more sinister.
Secrets unravel. Tempers ignite. And as more bodies fall, Dan starts to realise—the island’s darkest stories are refusing to stay buried.
Death at the Yumbo Centre is the latest queer thriller from LGBTQ+ author D M Pickersgill, packed with sass, sunburn, and secrets too dangerous to stay buried.
On holiday in Gran Canaria with his old university friend Hugo, introverted millennial Dan expects drag queens, drunken flings, and debaucherous nights at the Yumbo Centre. But after a date with a dangerously charming local, a tragic death turns the holiday into something more sinister.
Secrets unravel. Tempers ignite. And as more bodies fall, Dan starts to realise—the island’s darkest stories are refusing to stay buried.
Death at the Yumbo Centre is the latest queer thriller from LGBTQ+ author D M Pickersgill, packed with sass, sunburn, and secrets too dangerous to stay buried.
308 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 27, 2025
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January 30, 2026
Honestly, I feel like I’ve just come back from Gran Canaria after two intense days (because I couldn’t put the book down) of banter and nonstop suspense. I’ve lost sleep, tears of laughter, and gasps throughout this book.
What started as a catchy story filled with messy, well-developed characters and lots of secrets, it turned into this obsession, as I tried to solve this case alongside Dan.
Even though some of my suspicions were kind of right by the end of the book, I never — NEVER - imagined the final plot twist.
This books was dark, funny, and very unpredictable. The story keeps you guessing to the very last page, and leave you stunned after you finish it.
I’m still speechless.
What started as a catchy story filled with messy, well-developed characters and lots of secrets, it turned into this obsession, as I tried to solve this case alongside Dan.
Even though some of my suspicions were kind of right by the end of the book, I never — NEVER - imagined the final plot twist.
This books was dark, funny, and very unpredictable. The story keeps you guessing to the very last page, and leave you stunned after you finish it.
I’m still speechless.
February 23, 2026
Death at the Yumbo Centre
Having holidayed in Gran Canaria and having spent a lot of time in the Yumbo Centre this all read familiarly to me. Gran Canaria is a fantastic place to holiday but it definitely has its darker side.
I can relate to the parties, the hedonism, the attitudes and the sometimes soul destroying nature.
I never experienced anything the way Benny and Dan did but believe it could happen in the way portrayed.
D.M. Pickersgill has written a thrilling and engrossing story about the dark side of excess.
Having holidayed in Gran Canaria and having spent a lot of time in the Yumbo Centre this all read familiarly to me. Gran Canaria is a fantastic place to holiday but it definitely has its darker side.
I can relate to the parties, the hedonism, the attitudes and the sometimes soul destroying nature.
I never experienced anything the way Benny and Dan did but believe it could happen in the way portrayed.
D.M. Pickersgill has written a thrilling and engrossing story about the dark side of excess.
September 28, 2025
Excelent book . Ideal if you know the yumbo centrum and the bars in it. The book features thinly disguised venues all tourists that have been there know well but fortunately they are not as gory as in the book, with murders galore it keeps you wanting more even after it has ended.
September 25, 2025
After been to the yumbo centre many times I loved this!
October 11, 2025
Read this while on holiday in Gran Canaria and visiting the Yumbo centre every night.
A great read and will definitely checkout his first book.
A great read and will definitely checkout his first book.
February 17, 2026
I really enjoyed this and hate that I’ve finished it! The characters were all flawed but relatable, a defo must ready for the girls, gays and theys x
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