** *Two apparently unrelated deaths draw DI Andy Horton into the dangerous current of a complex and disturbing case. * ** DI Andy Horton s meal with his old friend, Inspector John Guilbert of the States of Guernsey Police, is cut short when a smartly dressed, affluent woman is found dead in her cabin on the ferry from Portsmouth to Guernsey. There doesn t appear to be any suspicious circumstances. As soon as he returns to Portsmouth, however, he is called to the scene where a vagrant s body has been found lying partially covered under one of the rotting houseboats close to Horton s boat in the marina. This time, it s clearly murder. Troubled by the many unanswered questions surrounding both deaths, Horton must call upon all his skills and intuition to solve a complex case, uncovering dark secrets that have led to such lethal waves of destruction."