Dead Water

Resumen del libro

When the body of journalist Jerry Markham is found in a traditional Shetland boat, outside the house of the Fiscal, down at the Marina, young Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted in from the Hebrides to head up the investigation.

Since the death of his fiancée, Inspector Jimmy Perez has been out of the loop, but his interest in this new case is stirred and he decides to help the inquiry. His local knowledge is invaluable as the close-knit community holds many secrets.

Markham originally a Shetlander but who had made a name for himself in London had left the islands years before to pursue his burgeoning writing career. In his wake, he left a scandal involving a young girl, Evie Watt, who is now engaged to a seaman. He had few friends there, so why was he back in Shetland?

Willow and Jimmy are led to Sullum Voe, the heart of Shetland's North Sea oil and gas industry. It soon emerges from their investigation that Markham was chasing a story in his final days. One that must have been for someone significant enough to warrant his death . . .

Biografía del autor

Ann Cleeves (Gran Bretaña, 1954) empezó a escribir cuando ella y su marido, de profesión guardabosques, se instalaron en una región en la que había poco más que hacer que observar a los pájaros. Su serie policíaca protagonizada por Vera Stanhope pronto se volvió muy popular y, además de adaptarse a la televisión, le ha valido muchos premios y se ha publicado en más de veinte países.