Undertow: A B.C. Blues Crime Novel (B.C. Blues Crime Series Book 2)

A heartbreaking set of murders bring detectives Leith and Dion together in the Lower Mainland, where violence flows like a riptide. Last summer the inlet waters washed an unknown womans body onto the rocks of North Vancouvers Neptune shipyards. Nameless and unclaimed, Jane Doe has become yesterdays news by the time detectives David Leith and Cal Dion arrive in Vancouver. Another killing is demanding all Leith's attention as he tries to fit into his new posting in North Vancouver: Why would anyone beat a regular guy like electrician Lance Liu to death, and then track down his young wife and baby girl to finish them off? The only survivor from the family, four-year-old Joey, is unable to describe the killer. Meanwhile, Cal Dion is back on his home ground, but more alienated than ever as he watches his hopes of reintegration fade with every mistake. But another savage killing keeps Dion busy. Oscar Roth, a nightclub owner, is found gutted and asphyxiated in his... A heartbreaking set of murders bring detectives Leith and Dion together in the Lower Mainland, where violence flows like a riptide. Last summer the inlet waters washed an unnamed woman’s body onto the rocks of North Vancouver’s Neptune shipyards. When RCMP Constable Cal Dion returns home after a year’s absence, he finds the case still open and grown cold. While Dion works to fit back in and put closure to the Jane Doe drowning case, newly relocated Constable Dave Leith is learning to cope with his first big-city posting. But they have bigger concerns: Why would anyone beat up a young electrician, then track down his wife and baby girl to finish them off? It is a motiveless and haunting killing that leaves behind one small witness and a handful of cryptic clues. And who battered and asphyxiated a wealthy nightclub owner in his own garage? A case of home invasion, by the looks of it. But Leith has a less abstract set of suspects to deal with: the victim’s business partner and his strange little clan. The North Vancouver General Investigations Section is put to the test, with two files to solve, one tragic cold case, and Dion seemingly hopelessly lost at sea "RCMP detective Leith fears he's made a mistake bringing his family to North Vancouver. His first Serious Crimes Unit case has rocked his senses: who would brutally murder a mother, father, and baby? Detective Dion, also regretting the move, has returned to the city where he no longer fits in - but is he back in the swim, or destined to drown?"-- Provided by publisher