I had a little trouble getting into this because of the pomposity of the characters in the little boating community. Apparently, these regattas are a big deal in the UK. After the body is found, however, and knowing the self exclaimed seriousness of the world these folks live in, I started to get into it. The murdered is a man who had significant connections to the other snobbish boaters. After his death, a red flag should go up, when the others are only upset because the regatta has been interrupted. They can't wait to get back in the water despite their "friend's" death. We have several plot elements. One is a group of conspirators who seem to be plotting something. We have a May/December relationship between a young athlete and his older coach. It serves up a nicely orchestrated mystery.
Review of Dead in the Water
