Bodies in the Water
Paperback | English
By (author): AJ Aberford
The Detective George Zammit Series (Book 1)
Initially, there is nothing remarkable about Inspector George Zammit. He likes a quiet life, keeps his head down and avoids trouble. All that changes when he investigates a body floating in the waters of Valletta’s Grand Harbour, Malta. He soon finds himself entangled in an international criminal plot which leads him on a perilous adventure, not of his choosing.
Natasha Bonnici is part of a sophisticated Italian crime family whose attentions turn to the oil riches beneath the Libyan desert, where they encounter Abdullah Belkacem, a Libyan militia leader with big ambitions. Nick Walker runs a Maltese online gaming company, laundering millions.
Set against a backdrop of the world of oil smuggling, the turmoil of North Africa and the seemingly unchecked corruption of the southern Mediterrean, their paths all collide, with disastrous results.
If you like Henning Mankell's ‘Wallander’ books, or those of Michael Dibden’s ‘Aurelio Zen’, you will love Bodies in the Water, with its unique blend of humour, drama and adventure. George Zammit is to Malta, what ‘Montalbano’ is to southern Sicily or Donna Leon’s ‘Commissario Guido Brunetti’ is to Venice.