DI Marjory Fleming has just welcomed a new DC to her team. Jonathan
Kingsley is a young Englishman on the fast track for promotion. Fleming
wonders how he will fit in in her Scottish community. In addition to
the new man on staff, Fleming was at odds with her DS, Tam MacNee.
On a dark, stormy night, the local lifeboat is called out to ensure a
trawler doesn't crash into rocks. While returning to base it crashes
into rocks with the loss of two. MacNee observes a green light where
there shouldn't be one. He secures the site. Did someone intentionally
want to wreck the lifeboat? Sadly a third victim dies while in
surgery.
The team is able to eliminate one potential suspect within a matter of
hours. However, Kingsley finds a valuable source of information, which
he plans on keeping to himself as he goes about his part of the
investigation. Fleming decides to create a special team to work the
investigation; MacNee, Kingsley and DC Tansy Kerr. Each is tasked with
particular people to question.
A week on and the team has nothing. The night of the funerals the man
who was supposed to have operated the boat is fatally run down by a car.
It would appear that he was the intended original victim, and that it
was connected to the local drug scene. Fleming is afraid that another
death will occur before they catch the person responsible.
Author Aline Templeton, murder mystery is fast paced, tense and
exciting. DI Fleming isn't just a police officer, but also a woman who
has family issues to contend with, thereby making her more human. A
very good read and I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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