MYSTERY

Undercurrent: A DI Andy Horton Mystery

by Pauline Rowson
Severn House. Jun. 2013. 216p. ISBN 9780727882684. $28.95. M
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Shortly after naval historian Douglas Spalding gives a lecture, his corpse is found in the dry docks of Portsmouth. While his colleagues seem awfully quick to label the death a suicide, DI Andy Horton can't shake the feeling that this is a homicide. Spalding had been lying about his whereabouts, and then a second death with a similar MO reinforces an Irish connection that puzzles Horton. While finally catching on that something larger is at work (think Interpol), Horton realizes that he can't let go. Concurrently, he's absorbed with his ongoing personal investigation into his mother's disappearance during his childhood.
VERDICT Those seeking an outstanding British police procedural will devour the ninth entry in Rowson's sea-oriented series (after Death Lies Beneath). Rowson's plotting is deftly layered, and she successfully captures the mood of her protagonist's tortured journey while creating abundant tension for the main plot of political intrigue.
Reviewed by Teresa L. Jacobsen , Jun 01, 2013
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