Ice Blue

Detective Chief Superintendent Anthony Hetheridge is on the verge of turning sixty.  Should he retire or continue in his work?  When a new case comes up, Hetheridge decides to take along DS Kate Wakefield, whom he had recently had to reprimand for a public argument with her superintendent.  It turns out that Hetheridge knows the wife of the victim.

The following morning, DS Paul Bhar joins the team.  He will work hand-in-hand with Wakefield.  They start by questioning witness; could it have been the wife or daughter?  What about the male guest who had been shafted by the victim on a business deal or the daughter’s fiancé?

Later, CCTV evidence shows that the fiancé had entered the victim’s house in the time frame of the killing.  Kate is unsure he is the killer, but they have to arrest him.  He will eventually be released.  Shortly after that, another guest at the original victim’s home is shot in the back.  She had claimed she knew who had killed the victim, but refused to tell Hetheridge.

Can Kate gather the necessary evidence to prove her theory?  Author Emma Jameson’s thriller is a good, quick read.