Blood in the Water

Summary

In Waldorf Pines, a very rich, gated suburb of Philadelphia,ostentation and pretension are the order of the day. But even by the localstandards, Martha Heydrich is a stone cold pain. She’s the stay-at-home wife ofa very rich husband, drives a pink sports car everywhere and is on all theprominent local committees. She’s fake, into everybody’s business, and isrumored to be having an affair with a local teenager, Michael Platte. Onemorning she seemingly vanishes from her house and later that night her husbandArthur returns home to find the pool house ablaze. Once the fire isextinguished, the police discover two bodies, one is Michael Platte and theother, too damaged to be recognized, is presumed to be Martha Heydrich.

The police think they know what happened, that Arthur killedhis wife and her lover over the affair. But then the DNA results come back andthe second body isn’t Martha’s at all, but that of an unknown man. With theirtheory in tatters, and Martha nowhere to be found, the police to turn to ex-FBIagent Gregor Demarkian to help them unravel the puzzling case.