Undercurrent

DI Andy Horton has just come home from a break, when he spots a police car with its blue lights flashing.  Curious, he finds that there is a suspicious death.  A professor has plunged to his death in a dry dock.  The victim is a professor who had given a lecture earlier that night.  Horton is sure that it was not a suicide, but how can he prove it?

Shortly after this, a young man is found dead on a yacht.  Horton realises, after he recognises the name of the victim, that he had been at the aforementioned lecture.  However, Horton's superintendent, Uckfield refuses to see any link.  Despite this Horton and DS Barney Cantelli continue to investigate.  They are warned off by their superiors.  Horton comes to the realisation that there is more to this investigation than meets the eye.

Horton is sure that the victims could have something to do with terrorism.  He enlists the help of his friend and pathologist, Gaye Clayton.  Later that night an attempt is made on his life.  The following morning Horton is called out to another suspicious death.  A man has been brutally murdered, and Horton recognises him as having been at the lecture, too.  He can't convince Uckfield that the three deaths are tied together.

Horton and Cantelli come up with a plethora of suspects.  But, how can they narrow it down?   Author Pauline Rowson has once again excelled.   This is a murder mystery you won't want to put down.  An excellent read.