Murder on the Saanich Peninsula

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A cruel murder has terrible irreversible consequences for the detectives who work the case.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When a woman is found murdered by the Bevan fishing pier on Vancouver Island Inspector William Gibson becomes convinced that </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>her abusive husband</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is responsible.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But is his conviction more down to his own </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>sense of guilt</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> than hard evidence? With interviews of the suspect revealing nothing firm the investigation centres on Ryder Simpson </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>a young drop-out witnessed near the scene</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. But he too is proving elusive.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Gibson and his sergeant Ann Scottie Cruickshank are </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>at loggerheads over the direction of the inquiry</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Furthermore Gibson is distracted by his son recently having come back into his life and his latest wife expecting her first baby.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Gibson increases the pressure on the victim's family </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>signs of infidelity begin to emerge</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. But not everything is quite how it seems. And when the truth finally emerges it has </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>devastating consequences</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> for all concerned - the detectives included.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A captivating read set in an absolutely stunning location written in an evocative and dreamy style that reflects the tempo of the place.</span></p>