An Isolated Incident
07 May 98
An Isolated Incident
With its towering evergreens and breathtaking mountain views, Seward Island is a lovely, quiet community off the coast of Washington State. But while a rustic sign welcomes travellers with the motto: 'A good place to visit - a great place to raise a family', Seward has suffered an inexplicable tragedy. A fifteen-year-old girl from the island's most prominent family has been found brutally slain.
For Ginger, a young earnest detective, and for Ruben Martinez, the battle-weary Mexican-born chief of police, the murder is baffling. But they finally get what they need most: a suspect. And just to complicate matters, Jerry Frankel is a Jew.
While building the case against Frankel, Ginger begins a relationship with Ruben that is at once forbidden and exhilarating. As her personal life collides with her job as a detective, Ginger begins to have serious doubts about the work she is doing. Is she the heroine of Seward Island - of part of a terrible rush to judgement? What is more important: to be a good police officer, or to obey the dictates of her conscience?
An Isolated Incident is a story of secrets - within families, relationships, and communities. It is a story of prejudice, blindness, and the kind of evil that honest men and women help, unwittingly, to protect.
Praise for Guilt by Association
'Zings along at a cracking pace - a potent mixture of political thriller, saga and courtroom drama' Marie Claire
'Unputdownable' Daily Mail
'Susan R. Sloan knows how to dramatise a prosecution and keep the pressure on… a well-built and very powerful piece of fiction' Cosmopolitan
'A compelling read' Chic
'Brilliant kick in the tail' Daily Mail
