Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid has just finished a rather harrowing case for New Scotland Yard, and is now in Yorkshire for a week of vacation at a time share where there are several other guests in attendance.
The morning after he arrived two young children find the assistant manager dead in the hot tub. An electrical appliance had been dropped into the tub from above electrocuting the young man. Kincaid ensures that the electricity is cut off and then arranges for the local constabulary to be called.
DCI Nash is not impressed that a Detective Superintendent from New Scotland Yard is on his patch. However, DI Peter Raskin is much more congenial. The other guests resent Kincaid when they discover that he is a detective.
Not impressed with Nash’s investigation, Kincaid does a bit of poking about and then requests the help of his DS, Gemma James. A day later one of the guests is found dead on the tennis court. Her head had been bashed in from behind.
Has another death occurred when Kincaid finds another body at the foot of a set of stairs? Fortunately, the woman is still alive. She remembers being pushed. Who could have done it? Author Deborah Crombie has Kincaid’s work cut out for him. Can he discover the killer before he achieves his ultimate goal? Crombie’s novel is an excellent read, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I look forward to reading the sequels.
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