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Lifeboat volunteer DI Shona Oliver receives a Mayday call coming from Kilcatrin Island. Upon the beach is the badly burned body of a man, and a boy lies gravely injured nearby. Strewn around them are scores of Second World War incendiary bombs, presumably washed up by the tide from Beaufort’s Dyke, an offshore arms dump deep in the Irish Sea.
The dead man is a local fisherman – his son the other victim – and it rocks the tight-knit community on the shores of the Solway Firth. As lead detective, Shona has to maintain a professional distance. But she can’t ignore the hardship that her neighbours who make a living at sea are experiencing. Anger is directed at the Ministry of Defence when the fallout threatens tourism, and livelihoods including Shona’s own family B&B business are at risk.
Suspicious behaviour seems to be found at every turn. It’s impossible for Shona to get to the truth unless she can gain the trust of those who know more than they’ve been willing to reveal. But blind loyalty may mean she’s too late to save those still in danger – including herself.
Review:
This is the second instalment in this series, and it's one I have quickly come to love! Maybe it's the Scottish scenery, or how refreshingly honest of a character Shona is, or how realistic her domestic issues are, but she's a character that quickly grows on you, and one you'd love to know in real life! In this book she's coping with troubles at home, in the village, and at work, with being forced to work with the military, due t her crime scene being on their property. Never a good mix, add in a mystery with many turns, and you may guess the suspect, but not the WHY. Fun page turner, this one will have you pining for the Scottish coast!
About the Author:
Glasgow-born Lynne McEwan is a former national newspaper photographer turned crime author. She's covered stories including the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Gulf War in addition to many high profile murder cases.
She currently lives in Lincoln and is in the final year of an MA in Crime Fiction at the University of East Anglia
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