A Dark and Twisted Tide
PR6102
.O49 D37 2014
Sharon Bolton, a British mystery writer,
has released the fourth book in her series featuring Lacey Flint, a London
policewoman, who has just joined the Marine Policing Unit on the River Thames.
Two months ago, Lacey bought an antique boat in the houseboat community moored
in Deptford Creek, a Thames tributary. Forbidden by law, Lacey had taken up wild-swimming
in the Thames at high tide, when conditions were right. Her swim this day
located a body, wrapped in a linen shroud and tied to a wharf at the river’s
edge.
The police find more bodies, youngish,
light-skinned, dark haired, pale eyed Asian women wrapped in linen shrouds and
left in the river. As the bodies are found, Lacey finds small plastic sailboats
on her galley floor, tiny crabs and sees a swimmer around her boat. The plot
unfolds to reveal illegal immigrants, a fertility clinic with surrogates and a
female villain.
Critics consider Sharon Bolton to be a
captivating author, who develops characters in depth and creates plots with
many red herrings. A book review site, Goodreads has comments that talk about the
authentic police procedurals in this work, her strong character Lacey Flint
along with vivid descriptions of the River Thames.
The NHTI Library owns more titles by
S.J.Bolton:
- Awakening PR6102 .O49 A93 2009
- Dead Scared PR6102 .O49 D43 2013
- Now You See Me PR6102 .O49 N68 2012
