Synopses & Reviews
A Shaw and Valentine mystery
When a body is discovered
Review
"Darkly atmospheric, fast-paced, and involving" Booklist
Review
"Kelly's superior fifth Shaw and Valentine police procedural" Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Synopsis
A body discovered beneath the waves off Scolt Head Island. A series of break-ins targeted at wealthy second-home owners. A lethal strain of adulterated cocaine flooding the streets of nearby Lynn. When a second body is found, DI Shaw and DS Valentine fear the simmering tensions underpinning this remote coastal community will reach breaking point.
Synopsis
A Shaw & Valentine mystery When a body is discovered beneath the waves off Scolt Head Island, the contents of the dead man's pockets lead Detective Inspector Peter Shaw to suspect an outbreak of 'samphire wars' a turf battle for control of the prized sea asparagus which sells for a small fortune along the affluent North Norfolk coast. Or does the killer merely want it to look that way?
Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant George Valentine is investigating a series of break-ins targeted at wealthy second-home owners. And a lethal strain of adulterated cocaine is flooding the streets of nearby Lynn, leaving devastation in its wake.
Then the second body is found - and the simmering tensions underpinning this remote coastal community come bursting into the open ... with devastating consequences.
About the Author
A previous Dagger in the Library winner, Jim Kelly is the author of seven Philip Dryden mysteries and four Shaw and Valentine police procedurals. He lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire.