A Consequence of Sin

The Archie Cavendish Mysteries, #1

Reeks: The Archie Cavendish Mysteries

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  • Reeling
  • from
  • the
  • death
  • of
  • his
  • wife,
  • Archie
  • Cavendish
  • quit
  • the
  • London
  • Metropolitan
  • Police
  • and
  • moved
  • with
  • his
  • young
  • daughter
  • to
  • the
  • Caribbean
  • island
  • of
  • St.
  • Lazarus.
  • The
  • move
  • brought
  • distance
  • from
  • bitter
  • memories
  • and
  • closeness
  • to
  • his
  • daughter's
  • grandparents.
  • Working
  • as
  • a
  • private
  • investigator
  • is
  • a
  • humbler
  • existence
  • than
  • he
  • knew
  • at
  • Scotland
  • Yard,
  • but
  • it
  • means
  • he
  • can
  • offer
  • his
  • daughter
  • a
  • safe
  • and
  • stable
  • family
  • life.Cavendish
  • might
  • be
  • finished
  • with
  • investigating
  • murders,
  • but
  • murder
  • is
  • not
  • yet
  • finished
  • with
  • him.A
  • young
  • woman
  • named
  • Amber
  • is
  • playing
  • with
  • fire
  • by
  • ensnaring
  • and
  • blackmailing
  • cheating
  • husbands.
  • When
  • one
  • of
  • her
  • victims
  • tries
  • to
  • hire
  • Cavendish,
  • he
  • recognizes
  • that
  • she
  • is
  • putting
  • herself
  • in
  • real
  • danger.
  • He
  • seeks
  • her
  • out
  • and
  • warns
  • her
  • that
  • she
  • is
  • taking
  • graver
  • risks
  • than
  • she
  • realizes.
  • His
  • warning
  • proves
  • prophetic,
  • and
  • soon
  • he
  • finds
  • himself
  • on
  • the
  • heels
  • of
  • a
  • killer
  • once
  • more.
  • What
  • Cavendish
  • never
  • expected
  • was
  • that
  • his
  • investigation
  • would
  • put
  • his
  • own
  • daughter
  • in peril…
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