The Murder Hole

Jean Fairbairn is a reporter who is researching a story about the monster Nessie of Loch Ness. American scientist Roger Dempsey has an array of high tech gadgets that he will use to try to prove the legends are true. This is right up Jean’s alley because legends are her genre of reporting. The problem with this assignment is that there is opposition to Roger’s project. Threatening letters and a boat explosion are just the beginning. That is not the only trouble in Jean’s life right now. Will the legend of Nessie be proven true? How many more deaths will occur in the Loc Ness’s frigid waters that never gives up its dead?

THE MURDER HOLE is a tale about the legend of The Loch Ness Monster. Many people have had their own beliefs of what the monster is and if it even exists. The theory behind this book fascinated this reviewer. However, the book started out slowly and the amount of characters tossed at the reader at such a fast pace was a cause of confusion. Same with the relationship between Jean and Alasdair Cameron. There are many passages that led this reader to realize that there is a history there, possibly in a previous book, a book that this reviewer has not read and that probably would have made some references more clear. The beginning chapters of THE MURDER HOLE were a struggle for this reader. However, soon after the tone of the book changes and the book levels out to where interesting events abound. Our leading characters are well penned and the secondary cast add flavour to the tale.

The legend of Loch Ness has been around for a long time. Will it finally be put to rest? Will the mystery of what lies beneath the deep finally be solved? These are intriguing questions that you will just have to read the book to find out, no give-aways here!

November 2006