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Her hands bang desperately on the window of Fiona’s car door as the wind flaps her pink hair sideways. Through the glass the distraught mother shrieks, ‘Please, you have to find her! You have to find my little girl.’
When eight-year-old Cait Yorke goes missing on a remote island off the coast of the wild Scottish Highlands, PC Fiona MacLeish is quickly sent to investigate. But a gale is gathering force, and Fiona becomes increasingly concerned for a little girl braving the strong winds alone. As Fiona questions the locals, she soon realises that they are hiding many secrets. What is this island, and who really lives here?
Then a boat violently crashes off the coast of the island. On board, Fiona discovers the body of a man who has clearly been murdered. But the killer is nowhere to be found. The only place they can be is on the island with no way out.
Realising a killer is trapped on their island, tensions amongst the locals and Fiona begin to rise. As the gale rages on and the body count continues to rise, will Fiona find the young girl and the killer before they strike again?
Review:
This is book 2 in series, The Flood was book one (and a superb start to the series it was!), with book 3 The Shelter, due out this November. While I liked book 1, this sophomoric turn in the series was more middle of the road for me- I put it down and picked it back up multiple times over a 2 week period, instead of finishing it in a couple of days. In book one Fionna was much stronger of a character to me. Here, because the story needs her to be out of her element, she seems to question all her choices, and that gets annoying to the reader after 4 chapters in. It's a POLICE procedural, she should be able to make sound decisions, based on her training. But she is so stuck in the 'what would a real detective do?' mode, that it just makes her character unlikeable in large doses. There is a sound double tale here- a missing child and a murder on a boat, with numerous potential witnesses and suspects. But when the reader likes your sub characters better, then some editing may still be needed- let those moments where Fiona trusts her actions to shine throughout the whole book, not just here and there. It will be interesting to see if book 3 does better by Fionna.
About the Author:
After serving his time as a joiner, Graham Smith has dug drains, slated roofs and built bridges to put food on the table. Since 2000 he has run a busy hotel and wedding venue near Gretna Green. He has a teenage son and when not working, reading or writing, Graham enjoys socializing with family and friends.
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