Nothing stays buried forever
Lifeboat volunteer DI Shona Oliver receives a Mayday call coming from Kilcatrin Island. Upon the beach is the badly burned body of a man, and a boy lies gravely injured nearby. Strewn around them are scores of Second World War incendiary bombs, presumably washed up by the tide from Beaufort-s Dyke, an offshore arms dump deep in the Irish Sea.
The dead man is a local fisherman - his son the other victim - and it rocks the tight-knit community on the shores of the Solway Firth. As lead detective, Shona has to maintain a professional distance. But she can-t ignore the hardship that her neighbours who make a living at sea are experiencing. Anger is directed at the Ministry of Defence when the fallout threatens tourism, and livelihoods including Shona-s own family B&B business are at risk.
Suspicious behaviour seems to be found at every turn. It-s impossible for Shona to get to the truth unless she can gain the trust of those who know
