A Line to Kill

'I couldn't see the sea from my bedroom but I could hear the waves breaking in the distance. They reminded me that I was on a tiny island. And I was trapped.' ALDERNEY: an island three miles long and one mile wide. A beautiful place where crime is minimal and where there has never been a murder. Until now. It is early June and Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne has been invited to a literary festival with the author Anthony Horowitz. With them are a collection of other authors and a celebrity cook, all gathered together to talk about their books and socialise with their fans. But Hawthorne and Horowitz find the island in turmoil over a power line that is being planned between Normany and England, cutting through Alderney and pitting islander against islander. When the wealthy sponsor of the festival is found horribly murdered, the island is closed down with no one allowed on or off it. it soon becomes clear that the killer is on the island. And only Hawthorne can find who it is ...