You'd think the forensic crime novel, set on a fictitious Caribbean island, would be full of drugs, obeah, absent fathers, tourists and post-colonial culture. Not here: they feature but don't dominate the very visual sense of place and the priorities of the grassroots detectives. There's a telling sidesweep at the UK where Digger is sent for training: despite being the most monitored society in Europe, more people go missing than anywhere.
