Description
A Shaw & Valentine mystery"
When a body is discoveredbeneath 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.
When a body is discoveredbeneath 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.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
256 pages
Language
English
Published
Jul 1, 2015
Publisher
Severn House
Editions
3 editions
ISBN-10
1780295502
ISBN-13
9781780295503