Gwen
and Archie Wildcraft are young,
talented and beautiful.They are also rich as a
result of selling their stock in
a company that purports to have
made a medical breakthrough to
cure cancer.Their idyllic life is
abruptly brought to a close when
Gwen is found dead in her
bathroom shot through the chest
and Archie is discovered
unconscious outside in his
garden, shot through the head.For all appearances this
is a murder and attempted
suicide.Whilst Archie has no
memory of the incidents of that
night, he doesn’t believe that
he would have killed his wife.
Investigating
officer Merci Rayborn doesn’t believe that Archie is guilty despite all
the evidence pointing towards that conclusion.Her convictions lead to her digging deeper and deeper into the
lives of Gwen and Archie including their apparent financial windfall.Her investigations are hampered by Local police who don’t trust
her judgements, political pressure, invasive media interest and her own
inner turmoil.When Archie
releases himself from the hospital and decides that he will hunt down his
wife’s killers he further complicates the case.
Merci
remains steadfast in her
convictions and through
persistence uncovers involvement
from the Russian mafia and it
appears that Archie may be
innocent after all.The question remains will
Merci be able to tie up all the
loose ends before Archie does?
Jefferson
Parker has created realistic and
likeable characters in his
latest novel Black Water.The repartee between the
main players is believable and
engaging.The story moves along at
a well measured pace and
although it seems that a lot of
action has happened, it has
actually only occurred over a
period of days.My attention was caught
and held throughout this book
and I found that I couldn’t
read this book fast enough.
