DCI Monika Paniatowski has decided to take advantage of a November
school break and some vacation time owed to her to take her adopted
daughter Louisa to Spain to meet her Spanish family. It also gives her
the opportunity to visit her mentor, Charlie Woodend. Unfortunately as
soon as she is back, she is called in to work because a body of an
elderly woman has been found in the canal.
Louisa, after seeing a picture of the victim is sure the victim is a
woman she had met at her Spanish family's home. When Monika contacts
Spanish authorities, she meets a roadblock because Franco has just died,
and Spain is in a bit of a turmoil. Not getting any help from the
Spanish authorities, she turns to Charlie.
Woodend enlists his friend, Paco Ruiz, also a retired policeman, to help
investigate the victim. What they discover points back to England. As
a result, what Monika learns, in turn points towards Spain. However, a
murder in Monika's town seems to tie the two together. The new victim
is the husband of the woman in the canal.
As usual, author Sally Spencer has a few twists up her sleeve before the
real killer is found. Another good, quick read by this prolific
author.
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