The Waterguard by Richard Hernaman Allen
Shortly after his arrival as an Officer of Customs & Excise in Harwich, Nick Storey discovers that his predecessor has been killed in a road accident, having taken away with him official documents. When Nick retrieves them, he also discover £50,000 worth of uncut diamonds. The dead man’s wife tells him she believes her husband was murdered, but shortly afterward is believed to have committed suicide. When going back to her house to see whether there is any evidence about the diamonds there, he is escorted by WPC Rosemary Johnson, who is impressed by his ability to spot things which cast doubt on the suicide.
Following up the trail of the entries taken away by the dead man, Nick and a senior investigator start to follow a trail of inconsistencies, which lead to the arrest of a second-hand jewellery seller, who has a safe full of documents showing a trail of diamonds from Siberia through Harwich to £35 million being paid into the Narodny Bank in London by a man called Davidson. Nick and Rosemary, who have fallen in love, carry out their own unofficial sleuthing, which ends up with Rosemary being shot by two KGB hoods, whose partners subsequently try to kill Rosemary in hospital, but are thwarted by Nick. However, knowing why they shot Rosemary enables the traitor in Customs & Excise to be identified. Davidson’s attempts to escape are thwarted by Customs cutters, but it takes Nick and Rosemary’s (unofficial) persistence to follow the trail of the smuggled diamonds to its end.
This is the first of over 40 books following Nick and Rosemary through their careers and adventures (and after retirement too).
Key Words: Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Mystery (Police Procedurals).
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