- This edition an e-book on Kindle (Amazon)
- ASIN : B0886541LS
- Publisher : Carpetless Publishing (July 3, 2020)
- Print length : 237 pages
- Highlands & Islands Detective Book 5
Synopsis (Amazon)
A landmark cricket club is formed in the heart of the Western Isles. A gala opening leaves a battered body in the changing room when stumps is called. Can Macleod and McGrath find the killer before the rest of the team are bowled out?
In the fifth outing of this tenacious pair, Macleod and McGrath return to the Isle of Lewis when the first match of the newly formed cricket club ends in murder. Uncovering the tensions in the fledgling organisation, they must sort sporting angst from deadly intent if they are to uncover the true reason for the formation of this strange enterprise. Can they discover what bloody crimes sully the perfect whites of the starting XI?
Don't step beyond your crease or you might just be stumped!
My Take
I'm sure you can tell that I am thoroughly enjoying this series.
In particular I am enjoying the development of the main characters alongside interesting murder plots. I don't think the plots are always credible but they do hold the attention. They often involve more than one murder.
In this title an American incomer who has been a famous baseballer has poured money into a small community on the island of Lewis, helping create a local cricket club, building club rooms, but at the same time crossing some locals by holding practices on Sundays. Bubba Carson has built his own house very near the cricket club, and has brought with him a woman whom some love and others regard as little more than a harlot. The cricket club's first match has been a resounding victory, demonstrating in particular the talents of the team's only female member.
Community relationships surrounding the cricket club are very complex, exacerbated by the opposition to the club's activities by one of the local ministers.
Macleod and McGrath discover that the reasons for the murders actually go well beyond the present.
On the more personal side, McGrath has come back from a holiday with her new lover that has not gone well, and Mcleod is considering how to develop their investigative team, to add new talents, and to make it more flexible.
My rating: 4.5
I've also read
- 4.5, WATER'S EDGE -#1
- 4.4, THE BOTHY - #2
- 4.4, THE HORROR WEEKEND - #3
- 4.5, THE SMALL FERRY - #4
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