A Share in Death (1993) introduces Duncan Kincaid, a Scotland Yard superintendent spending a week's vacation in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share. Kincaid hopes to hide his profession for a week, but the electrocution of a gossipy staff member in the whirlpool blows his cover. Nash, the local DCI, isn't at all thrilled to have Kincaid on his patch, but Kincaid isn't convinced Nash is up to the job and finagles his way into acting as a consultant. While Kincaid looks into the other guests first-hand, he sends his partner, Sergeant Gemma James, to check into their backgrounds at home. The other time-share guests all have unique personalities, with enough flaws and secrets to keep the reader guessing until the murderer is finally unmasked. Nominated for both the Agatha and Macavity awards for Best First Novel, this assured novel is a fine series start.[...].