The Sunbaker

When Nicola Fox visits her holiday house at Brunswick Heads she does not expect to find a dead body sunbaking near the pool. So begins this crime romp, The Sunbaker, written by P A Thomas. Nicola contacts a local journalist, Jack Harris, to help her. Police seem to think she is a suspect even though she has only just arrived at the house after driving from Newcastle where she works as a forensic pathologist.

Initially the local police investigate the murder but then an organised crime unit arrives from Sydney to take over the case. Suspicion soon arises among the locals that there is more to this case than first appears. Could there be a police cover-up and if so, why? Jack and Rick undertake their own investigation using methods not necessarily approved of by the authorities. They are assisted by Caitlin, a lawyer friend of Jack. 

P A Thomas has written an amusing crime novel with many twists and turns. Readers of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich will enjoy reading this book.