The naked, maimed body found floating off the coast of Cornwall’s English Channel presents a vexing puzzle for Detective Inspector Morgan Davies and her Scene of Crimes Manager, Calum West. Post-mortem confirms the dead man’s wounds are evidence of torture, but without a name, a crime scene, or a motive, the detectives are stymied. Two days later, a woman reports her partner, Archie Hansen, … Hansen, missing. A farmer and Druid, Archie had made a dangerous discovery he dared not share with anyone. Is he the anonymous floater?
Unraveling this mystery of betrayal, greed, and revenge will test the investigative skills and intuition of Davies and West as never before. With so little evidence, can they outsmart a wickedly clever killer?
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Easy read!
Very fun too read as the plot unfolds.
I didn’t like it and didn’t finish it
Well done!
Everyone has secrets. And how far will one go to keep secrets and gain money? What line would you cross for money
Story was ok.
Dialogue want very well written in my opinion.
I very much enjoyed this mystery, and I know that it’s one I will likely read again, in the future. The only issue that I’d have liked to have changed, was that in the first part of it, we kept going back in time. It made the story seem choppy for a bit. If the author had done something like putting a date on the chapter, it would have been helpful. But I liked the way the characters came to life in it, and it was a great read.
I will read more from this author
Good plot, fun to read. Too much sexual content for my taste.
This was a VERY engaging book! At first, I was left trying to figure out “who done it”. Once that became evident, then I was rapt in finding out just exactly how the murder was accomplished. The ending was also a bit of a surprise! GREAT BOOK!
This is a clever, well-written novel. While stories that go back and forth through time can be tedious, this one excels at it, weaving the past and present together and joining them in perfect timing. What a pleasure to read!
While at first I found the changing time line a bit confusing, it later proved something that added to the suspense and the challenge of trying to solve the mystery. I enjoyed the different characters and their approach to the case.
Too long
I had a little trouble following the sequence of events until I realized the book was written by mixing action in the present with flashbacks to previous events. The dates were there, but I simply ignored them. Once I cleared that up, I thoroughly enjoyed the CSI-style story. The characters are wonderful, and I am looking forward to reading another of their adventures.
This book is very interesting to read, difficult to put down when once started and also informative. The characters drawn are realistic, in all a good read.
This was an ok read.
a story that could have happened
I like this series.
Besides a dandy mystery, there is a lot of interesting information about Cornwall through the ages sprinkled in. The characters are likeable.
Ok. I didn’t like the writer’s style going from past to present.