A harsh summer in the Shetland Islands begins with tragedy. Joseph, the adult son of former Marine Ray Campion, dies in the raging sea. The poor father is inconsolable: he had pinned great hopes on the young man… To survive his grief alone and not listen to the residents of a small fishing village discussing the event, the veteran goes on duty to a lighthouse. But when sympathetic neighbors decide to treat Ray with fruit and offer support in this difficult moment, they find him sitting on the floor with… a three-foot harpoon in his neck. Who on the island is capable of something like that? There are practically no strangers here. Only someone from Ray’s closest circle could have killed him. That’s what the eighteen-year-old Adam thinks, too—he came to the island to visit his grandfather. The boy is shaken by this terrible event and decides to solve the crime before the police. The island freezes in anticipation of the outcome…
A novel in the best traditions of classic English detective fiction. A brutal crime on a remote fishing island, a narrow circle of suspects, an insightful young investigator, an unpredictable psychological ending… And all of this amid the roar of the wild, cold, northern sea…