By Fraser C. Heston and Heather J. McAdams
Agamemnon Films, 2015
Review by Robert A. Waters
Severed feet in running shoes keep washing up on Canadian shores, arousing the media and bringing online detectives out of the woodwork. Public opinion around Vancouver is that a serial killer is loose. Top brass from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, however, just want the problem to go away. They hold numerous press briefings, assuring everyone that the feet are natural occurrences, likely victims of accidents or maybe suicides.
Thus begins Desolation Sound, a new novel by Fraser C. Heston and Heather J. McAdams. From there the screws start turning. Each page ratchets up the suspense as three RCMP detectives and a disgraced former American cop attempt to determine the reason more than a dozen feet have swept up on lonely beaches in the area.
As the shoes and severed feet keep popping up, women keep disappearing. Twenty-two in all. Blond, beautiful joggers. Are they connected?
Little do the investigators know that the cold, fog-bound islands around Vancouver harbor dark secrets. While clues are difficult to come by, the gut instinct of the cops tells them a predator is on the loose. And DNA finally confirms it. But while searching for a random killer who leaves little evidence, the cops also have to fight their own worst fears. Could someone be stalking them?
The setting, dialog, and characterization are all just right. And the ending will satisfy even the most jaded reader of detective fiction.
This page-turner will grip you in its clutches and never let you go. Snatched from the pages of real-life drama, Desolation Sound is guaranteed to keep you awake at night.
Buy it, read it, and enjoy it.
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