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Detective Inspector Andy Horton is back at work from an eight-month investigation and suspension after phoney charges were made against him. He finds a dead body on the beach where he usually jogs and he's assigned the case. Teaming up with his favorite partner, Sergeant Cantelli, they first need to identify the body, but always at the forefront of Horton's mind is the anger he feels over the false charges against him. That case started out as an investigation into a successful businessman, club owner, and pornographer by the name of Jarrett. It somehow ended in charges of rape against Horton. His wife threw him out, he hasn't been able to see his daughter, the love of his life, and his career almost ended. The fact that he was the victim of a set-up eats at him constantly. When he finds out the identity of the dead body, yet another victim is then discovered. Horton soon realizes that there is a slight connection between the murdered people and Jarrett. The idea that he could still bring Jarrett down looms large in his mind. He tries to make a case against him but suddenly Horton's home is broken into and items are planted there. But why? That's when he realizes that he's still being targeted for charges and that it must be by someone in the department, for only his superiors know the details of the current investigation. TIDE OF DEATH is an easy read and you will finish it fast enough. There just isn't enough in the story to keep you interested. The current case Horton is working on has no tension in it and any excitement that you might find is undercut as he constantly thinks about the previous case where false charges were brought against him. In fact, it's soon apparent that the old case, along with the personal problems he had because of it, sounds a lot more interesting than the current case we are following. By the time the surprise solution to the case he's working on is uncovered, along with all of its very weak and unlikely clues, I found that I didn't care much about who did the murders or why. TIDE OF DEATH isn't a terrible book -- it is competently written. But by the end I mostly found it bland and highly forgettable.
Reviewed by Sharon Katz, June 2006
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