Blood in the Water, Jane Haddam
Blood in the Water, Jane Haddam
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Blood in the Water
A Gregor Demarkian Novel

Author: Jane Haddam

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/27/2012

Synopsis

In Waldorf Pines, ostentation and pretension are the order of the day. But even by local standards, Martha Heydrich is a stone cold pain. She's the stay-at-home wife of a very rich husband, into everybody's business and rumored to be having an affair with a local teenager, Michael Platte. One morning she seemingly vanishes, and that night her husband returns home to find the pool house ablaze. Once the fire is extinguished, police discover two bodies - one is Michael Platte and the other is presumed to be Martha. But then the DNA results come back and the second body is an unknown man. With Martha nowhere to be found, the police to turn to ex-FBI Gregor Demarkian to unravel this most puzzling of cases.

About Jane Haddam

Jane Haddam, author of more than twenty novels, has been a finalist for both the Edgar and the Anthony Award. She has written a number of murder mysteries under her real name, Orania Papazoglou, but is best known for her books featuring former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian. She lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on February 14, 2013

I like the Gregor Demarkian series, and while he's gotten a little crankier, and the dialog between him and Father Tibor has gotten to be more of a set piece, the plots are still good. I saw the where the twist was going by oh, about 2 paragraphs after the first hint of it appeared, but it was nonet......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on March 18, 2012

I won this book from Goodreads and I enjoyed every minute of reading it. I would highly recommend it to others. Blood in the Water is a mystery set in the gated community of Windsor Pines. Windsor Pines is filled with upper middle class who aspire to be seen as the wealthy elite of a suburban town o......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on April 20, 2012

The solution to this whodunit was obvious pretty early on, but the real enjoyment in reading a Gregor Demarkian mystery is in the author's engaging, somewhat exaggerated character depictions. This time she takes on a gated community and its varied assortment of affluent residents. I also love readin......more

Goodreads review by Joy on September 18, 2012

Behind the walls of a gated community, these things aren't supposed to happen. A drug dealer, an arson, a double murder. The inhabitants are seriously offended; except for the husband of the missing Martha Heydrich, and he is awaiting trial for murder. In some very nice plot twists, out of jail Arth......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 07, 2012

I haven’t read one of these books in a long while. So long in fact, that I don’t have any idea of which ones I have read or where I left off in the series. Gregor Demarkian has remarried? Did I know that? I have no idea at this point in time. My memory (which obviously can’t be trusted in terms of de......more

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