The Riverman

DCI William Lorimer has been called down to the Clyde where a Riverman has pulled a body out of the water.  The victim is easily identified, but was the death an unfortunate accident or something more?  However, when the tox screen determines that a large amount of GHB was in his bloodstream, it would appear that it is more likely to be a murder.

The victim had been a major partner in a large accounting firm.  Lorimer wonders if there is some connection between the death and the firm.  The HR person claims she is unable to identify the woman who called about the victim falling into the river, but Lorimer is sure that she knows.  Then news arrives that an accountant from the firm, who was supposed to transfer to New York has been found in a shallow grave in the forest there.  It appears that his personnel files have disappeared.  What is going on?

Lorimer requests the help of Dr. Solomon Brightman, a local psychologist, primarily because the body in New York wasn't who it was supposed to be, and things are definitely not what they seem.  Why has one of the partners of the accounting firm suddenly disappeared?

Author Alex Gray has plenty of twists to the plot of this murder mystery.  It includes international intrigue and the reality of the river.  A good, quick read.