Chas English, Detective and soon-to-be Special Investigator for the Alaska State Troopers, was looking forward to a long overdue fishing vacation on the Kenai Peninsula. Visions of Red and Silver Salmon dancing on the end of a taut flyline are shattered when Captain Cadie drops a file on Chasā desk at 8 a. m. on the Friday morning before his annual trip was supposed to start. What begins as ājust a regular caseā includes a canvas wrapped corpse surfacing in Kachemak Bay, postponing his vacation, and sending Chas fishing for clues instead. Detective English is faced with missing boats, four missing people, and no viable suspects. Despite his bossās orders to āsolve it as quietly as we can,ā the case gains national attention. Broken hearts, crooked business deals and religious zeal gone awry are the undercurrents drawing Chas deeper into the case and danger....
Chas English, Detective and soon-to-be Special Investigator for the Alaska State Troopers, was looking forward to a long overdue fishing vacation on the Kenai Peninsula. Visions of Red and Silver Salmon dancing on the end of a taut flyline are shattered when Captain Cadie drops a file on Chasā desk at 8 a. m. on the Friday morning before his annual trip was supposed to start. What begins as ājust a regular caseā includes a canvas wrapped corpse surfacing in Kachemak Bay, postponing his vacation, and sending Chas fishing for clues instead. Detective English is faced with missing boats, four missing people, and no viable suspects. Despite his bossās orders to āsolve it as quietly as we can,ā the case gains national attention. Broken hearts, crooked business deals and religious zeal gone awry are the undercurrents drawing Chas deeper into the case and danger....