The Cost of a Hostage

The latest mystery in the series Publishers Weekly calls highly entertaining sees Lane trekking through Mexico while the team back in Nelson pursue an open and shut and then open again kidnapping. Its a slow August morning in Kings Cove. Lane has a book to read and a lawn that needs mowing. At the Nelson Police Station her husband, Inspector Darling, and his team are tidying their desks during a rare lull. Then Lane receives a call with news that Darlings brother Bob has gone missing from a mining camp in Mexico and the police station is visited by the frantic mother of a boy kidnapped from his bedroom. From bustling Mexico City, through the desert and into the mountain range beyond, Darling and Lanes search for Bob puts them out of the realm of the law and at the mercy of a local bandido. Meanwhile Lane is certain shes recognized someone from her past shed rather forget. Back in the Kootenays, both kidnapper and kid turn up across the lake in Creston and it appears to be case closeduntil a body is found mangled in the paddlewheel of a ferry boat. Plans for Amess wedding are taking shape, and Terrells favourite soon-to-be police officer April has a chance to prove her mettle. The latest Winslow mystery questions the roles of men and women, husbands and wives, and of course a certain police inspector and Kings Coves resident sleuth.