A tragic accident?
When two bodies are found sprawled at the bottom of the Devil's Kitchen in the mountains of Snowdonia, it's believed the man found dead killed his wife and then committed a suicide. But something doesn't feel right to DI Ian Drake and his gut instinct has never let him down before.
Or murder on a mountain?
Drake suspects at least one of the deaths could be suspicious, but who would kill such an ordinary couple and why? This might be Drake's first murder inquiry, but his years as a detective have taught him one thing - every murder has a motive, and every killer leaves a trace.
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['Inspector, there is a report of two bodies in the mountains']***
(Independently Published, 28 April 2016, 70 pages, ebook, A Year of @EpicReads 2019, a book that's a novella, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I'd never heard of the author before and bought this because I liked the cover and the title intrigued me. The novella works on some levels but falls short in other areas. I liked the fact DI Drake and DS Waits are so different. I can them clashing quite a lot. I loved the setting. Who wouldn't? The mystery plot of well written and intriguing. DI Drake believes there's more to the Trainor's deaths than the rest of the force who (far too easily in my opinion) dismiss it as Jack Trainor killed his wife and committed suicide in remorse. Like a dog with a bone, he refuses to let it go until he knows the whole story. I couldn't really warm to DI Drake though. I'm not sure why. Some of his thought processes during the investigation jarred such as "The Trainors seemed well read and educated so it puzzled Drake why anyone would have wanted to kill them." This did not make any sense to me. I couldn't see the connection. It could be that crime fiction doesn't lend itself well to a novella length. I might read a full length DI Drake book to see if I fare any better. This wasn't awful just underwhelming.
