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What a clever plot. Peter takes a walk on the beach, as he does every day... is that a woman wearing a wedding dress? He must be seeing things, surely? Then she's gone... disappeared in the waves before Peter had a chance. Then, the plot cleverly unfolds to tie in with the previous book - the antagonist that 'got away with it' appears again, is he the current villain? There are lots of great characters weaving in and out of the story. The setting of a university with its secret liaisons - also n
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Riveting novel set in the same supposedly quiet community on the Oregon coast as Seal of Secrets, and, even more relevantly, the short story Eye of Newt in Catch of the Day. (If you've read EoN, this is actually a must-read. I'll say no more!)
The small-town feel is in sharp contrast to the degree of cold-blooded mayhem surging in its veins. I'm not sure whether this should really be classed as a classic murder mystery - but there is no question as to the taut suspense of the plot, as the reader ...more
The small-town feel is in sharp contrast to the degree of cold-blooded mayhem surging in its veins. I'm not sure whether this should really be classed as a classic murder mystery - but there is no question as to the taut suspense of the plot, as the reader ...more
I'm a sucker for William Cook's Driftwood Mysteries, a series so intelligent and entertaining and suspenseful that I wish some producer would have the good sense to make Officers Whitehorse and Esperanza the lead characters in an ongoing television drama series.
Esperanza and Whitehorse are the backbone of law and order for the small town of Driftwood on the Oregon coast, a seemingly small time beat that should be a place where nothing much (in the crime department) is likely to happen. But then, ...more
Esperanza and Whitehorse are the backbone of law and order for the small town of Driftwood on the Oregon coast, a seemingly small time beat that should be a place where nothing much (in the crime department) is likely to happen. But then, ...more
Nov 04, 2018
Michael Gardner
marked it as to-read
