When marine archaeologist Owen Marsh is found dead on the Cornish coast, DS Jack Penrose has one detail that won't leave him alone. Divers in distress shed their gear. This one didn't.
The post-mortem confirms it. The tank valve was deliberately tampered with. Someone who knew exactly what they were doing.
Owen had just made the discovery of his career — a Spanish galleon off St Petroc Head, four hundred years on the seabed, commercially priceless. And he had filed the legal protection in his own name.
The case against the prime suspect is solid, then it falls apart entirely.
Now Penrose has to start again. Colder. Faster. With a killer who has been cooperative, patient, and helpful from the very first day.
Dark, precise, and unrelenting. The Wreck is Cornwall noir at its best.
Genre: Mystery
The post-mortem confirms it. The tank valve was deliberately tampered with. Someone who knew exactly what they were doing.
Owen had just made the discovery of his career — a Spanish galleon off St Petroc Head, four hundred years on the seabed, commercially priceless. And he had filed the legal protection in his own name.
The case against the prime suspect is solid, then it falls apart entirely.
Now Penrose has to start again. Colder. Faster. With a killer who has been cooperative, patient, and helpful from the very first day.
Dark, precise, and unrelenting. The Wreck is Cornwall noir at its best.
Genre: Mystery
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