Alan Scholefield was born in 1931 in Cape Town, South Africa. After leaving university he became a journalist and travelled widely in southern and central Africa, Europe, and America. He now lives in Hampshire with his wife and has three daughters. Most famous for his Macrae and Silver series, Scholefield has also written other novels, including Venom, which was made into a film in 1981.
The mystery of a dead body washed up on the beach leads to mysteries buried in a small town's long distant past for Mike and Alex. It's interesting but gets a bit slow to reveal itself leading to my four star review.