The Blurb: This story opens on one of the most unspoilt Islands of the Caribbean, Saint-Marie where we meet Aslan Kennedy who is a yoga instructor and self styled Spiritual Guru and owns his own hotel "The Retreat" along with his wife Rianka. One particular morning, he gets up and goes down to make green tea to bring to the Meditation Space, which he does as normal on a daily basis. He sees the five guests that are staying in the hotel on the beach and calls out to them to get their attention. It was an hour and a half later that the screaming started and he's been murdered.
We are then introduced to the detectives that are assigned on the case, Detective Inspector Richard Poole and Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey. It seems to be an open and shut case as there were five other people who were inside a locked room where Aslan was killed and one of them has already confessed to the murder but are they the murderer? DI Poole is even convinced that the person whom has confessed to the murder is the one person who couldn't have done it. Are they covering for someone else? Is there more to this murder than meets the eye? As the Detectives delve deeper into the victim and all the suspects pasts and history the truth starts to emerge and a web of lies seem to be untangled. DI Poole is adamant that no stone will be left unturned to track down the real killer.
As a fan of the TV show I was looking forward to reading it (I bought it to take on holiday in July, but then never had the time!) and it helped with my pain management. The only criticisms I have is that in some places you could also tell the writer usually wrote a script for TV as opposed to a novel.....and I am not sure I was convinced by the solution.....
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