DIVE by Jon Barton.
A police diver whose obsession with the job has made his home life implode.
A high-flying detective recently thrown out of the CID.
A case that could get them both killed.
Really enjoyable read. Great story and characters. I do hope there is more to come. 5*.
Blurb.
Police diver David Cade lives by a simple rule: pull out the bodies and move on. Naomi can't abide that. Her whole career, she's wanted to fight the good fight. But circumstances have sent Naomi to the Marine Police.
Then they discover a dead girl, bloated and broken on the surface of the Thames. And then another.
Each time David pulls a new body out of the water, he fears it's his estranged fifteen-year-old daughter Lex. She's gone missing after they had a fierce argument and hasn't been in touch since.
The dead girls all have the same nightclub stamp on the backs of their hands — the same one David's daughter had the day she disappeared.
A briefcase is discovered in the same stretch of water, and suddenly the higher-ups at CID, including Naomi's rival, Detective Chief Inspector Shannon Baines, start showing an interest.
Clearly something big is happening.
David and Naomi must work together if they're going to solve the dead girls' murders and find Lex. Then they uncover something that will threaten to blow the case apart — if it doesn't get them killed first . . .
MEET THE DETECTIVES
David Cade is an experienced frogman, satisfied to lose himself in diving in the river. But his obsession with the job has caused his home life to implode. He wants to be part of his daughter's life, if only he could figure out how.
Naomi Harding is held accountable after three of her colleagues are killed during a raid she was leading. Her punishment is to be side-lined to the Marine Policing Unit, or 'frogmen', whose main aim is to dredge up dead bodies from the Thames and pass them on to the 'real' police.
Format – Kindle
Publisher – Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense Fiction
Publication Date – 14 Jan. 2023
Genre –Heist Crime
Author – Jon Barton
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