Buried Secrets by Mike Martin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Book 11 in the award-winning Sgt. Windflower series has Windflower at a crossroads as career opportunities and a weariness that comes with years as a police officer settles in. Once again set in Newfoundland, this time just as the Covid-19 pandemic ends, Windflower is charged with investigating the murders of an RCMP Staff Sergeant in St. John’s and a minister in Grand Bank, possibly connected. Despite, or perhaps because of, the demands of his job and a young family, Windflower is mindful, often connecting to his ancestral teachings and dreams.
Though this is the 11th book in the series, the author does a good job of painting the past. That said, those reminisces, many front-loaded, occasionally bog the pace, as does Windflower’s fascination with food. Still, it’s a minor complaint in what can best be described as a clever, cozy mystery where Newfoundland becomes as much of a character as the people who inhabit the pages. Recommended.