On an Outgoing Tide
by Caro Ramsay
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Pub Date Apr 06 2021 | Archive Date Mar 26 2021
Canongate Books | Severn House
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Description
The body is found in the early hours of the morning, drifting lifelessly on the outgoing tide. Twenty-three-year-old medical student Aasha Ariti had been enjoying a night out to celebrate the end of lockdown. Anthony Poole, the last person to have seen her alive, is the prime suspect.
Before detectives Anderson and Costello can make further headway, they are pulled off the case to investigate the murder of a pensioner in his own home. The body of eighty-one-year-old Jimmy Pearcey reveals evidence of prolonged, excruciating torture in the hours before he died. Of one thing DCI Anderson is certain: this killing was very close and very personal. But the victim was a loner, without friends or relatives.
As they dig deeper however, the two detectives uncover a number of secrets in the dead man's past. Secrets that link to another murder more than forty years before. What really happened on 21st June 1978? Someone is determined to ensure that Anderson and Costello never find out. Whatever it takes .
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780727890757 |
| PRICE | $28.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
Featured Reviews
Bill B, Reviewer
The latest Caro Ramsay can be read as a standalone but if you’ve read all the previous novels, it makes this one even better. Her plots and characters are always so well developed and her unlike many authors, the denouements are not finalized suddenly but rather drawn out over pages. The author is a delight to read and should really be more established here in the States.
Blot B, Reviewer
With themes of loyalty, family, friendship and the nature of truth, this cold case meets current murder is perfectly plotted to bring the past and the present to life. On An Outgoing Tide tackles a cold case from the 70s in this multi stranded novel. As usual, Anderson and Costello work seamlessly to pick apart the subterfuge and misdirection of an old investigation which has bearing on a current murder investigation.
With skill Ramsay offers insight through the different narratives, but in such a way that the reader is always slightly off balance.
Thought provoking, chilling and mesmerising, Ramsay also manages to weave in the reality of Covid and its aftermath without making it dominant.
The twists and turns of this novel kept me on my toes and a few misdirection along the way led me down the wrong path. This is a tragic tale of bad decisions made for good reasons and lifetimes of silence, regret and guilt.
A well drafted character driven narrative that deserves each of the five stars I've given it.
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