Sue Swift, Triangle

Triangle

Sue Swift

Five Star, October 2006, $25.95

ISBN: 1594144656

The Board of Directors of the Gensplice Corporation forced their C.O.O. Blair Anderson and her cousin, top scientist Nathan Rankin to attend a team building session hosted by Nona and Orlando's Business Systems on board the yacht Swashbuckler. Others in attendance are Blair's husband Roger and her brother Philip who brought his male lover on board. Finally all around gofer Marilen Case is there to serve; she hopes to gain a proposal from her boyfriend Nathan.

They have not left port before Blair starts acting nasty towards everyone, especially Marilen and gets into a brawl with Nathan after nastily dissing Marilen. Not long afterward Marilen and the ship's Captain "Free" Freeman become lovers, while someone kills Blair in her cabin. The new lovers begin investigating a bunch of folks having a grudge against the nasty Blair, to include an apparent stowaway who allegedly sneaked on board to spend loving time with the cook, the brilliant cousin, the philandering spouse, the brother and his lover, but especially Marilen whose alibi is sack time with Free.

Though the queen of mean is too nasty towards everyone, which ironically leads to a boatload of suspects, TRIANGLE is a swift moving amateur sleuth investigative tale. The storyline starts off as a relationship drama between dysfunctional family members and outsiders drawn into their internal squabbles, but after the players take sides, the plot changes into a locked room murder mystery. Fans will enjoy this fine at sea thriller.