When a body is found by a boat carried away in a flood it looks like it has been there a while. DI Joseph Stone and team are called out and to his horror he recognises a trainer found near the body as one belonging to a missing student a few years before- one his boss and adversary quickly closed the case on due to little evidence. When another rowing student goes missing on the morning she is going home for good having bailed out of Oxford life altogether, things take a more urgent turn. Is the coach who is known for being a bully, taking things several steps further or is there someone else lurking in the shadows?
I love this series- they do stand happily alone but why miss out on another fantastic read? There's a warmth of character about Joseph and a sense of appropriate humour. I had to laugh when “ an officer can smell a doughnut at a hundred paces or possibly a mile if the wind is in the right direction” ! It's a well crafted, carefully throughout plot line which takes a meander or two both up and downstream. Joseph and Megan are a wonderful team and bounce off each other very well-to me the real skill of an author to not only bring characters to life but to have that camaraderie amongst the pages that adds that extra sparkle of joy to the reader. A brilliant, highly entertaining read I thoroughly recommend- I can’t wait for the next one!
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