Fin Macleod and his friend Whistler Macaskill are shocked to discover
that a loch they had seen the night before had completely drained. At
the bottom they see a plane and upon looking inside discover a corpse of
a friend who has been missing for 17 years. Fin realises immediately
that he is looking at a crime scene.
DS George Gunn and Professor Wilson agree that the pilot was the victim
of murder. How do you go about solving a 17 year old murder? Fin is
sure that Whistler knows something. The police are brought in from the
mainland to begin the investigation.
It is shortly after this that Fin finds Whistler badly beaten inside his
home. Just as Fin is about to check on his friend, he too, is
attacked. The police arrest Fin under suspicion of murdering Whistler.
Fortunately there is no evidence to hold him.
Author Peter May intersperses his story with flashbacks, which help to
fill in the reasons for the murder of his friend. As he builds up to
the conclusion, May offers a few shocks. It is a well written story,
well worth the read.
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