‘Girl Under Water’ is the second chapter in the Detective Charlie Winters series, set in Salem Island Michigan.
It begins with a prologue showing us the 77year old founder of a successful hedge fund, Carmichael Investments, and self-made billionaire Randolph ”Dutch” Carmichael and one of his relatives seemingly patching things up. They hug it out in Dutch’s lavish mansion. Dutch walks in front to lead the way, but no sooner has he reached the top of the stairs when he’s smashed over the head and sent tumbling to the bottom where his motionless body now lies.
Charlie is hired by Gloria Carmichael as the police have deemed the death a murder but haven’t managed to make any progress with the investigation. She claims to also have found that about four hundred million dollars is missing from her fathers estate. Charlie has no clue what she is letting herself in for.
Gloria’s four siblings – Brandon, Marjory, Jude and Dara – are more interested in finding his missing millions than discovering what happened to him and who did it, which troubles Charlie from the start. The family members begin to argue and fight between themselves and Charlie realises she is in the centre of more than she first thought.
I loved Charlie’s twin in her head, she provided quite a few funny moments for me throughout. A thriller based around a family that are all more concerned with the inheritance than who actually killed their father. Several suspects had the means, motive and even the opportunity and Charlie knows she needs to find who it is before they strike again.
I started to read and before I knew it I was knee-deep in the investigation with Charlie.
An absorbing story that had just the right pace for me and I am looking forward to another book with Charlie Winters.
Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the copy of the book for my review today.
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