Strangled up in blue - BBF#40

Stockholm’s Triangle Bar, on the eve of the Baltic Triangle, a yacht race to Helsinki via Riga run in never-ending daylight.

Surveying the crowd Georgia Simmond knew this year’s event contained more than the usual number of triangles, but not that it would end in tragedy.   Her affair with Erlend Olofson had begun in the dark depths of winter, after learning of her errant spouse’s affair with her one-time best friend Ingrid Borgsdottir.   Ingrid’s motives had been ulterior, her intention being to distract and thus sabotage Toby’s chances, but her husband’s affair with the wife of Finnish champion Per Alstrand divided her loyalties.

When, at Riga, midway through the race, the nubile body of Anita, Per’s teenage daughter was discovered, strangled, in an alley, at the same time as members from the British, the American and the Danish crews disappeared, questions were asked about more than basic navigation. 

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Week #40’s response to Lisa Ricard Claro’s Book Blurb Friday challenge which, having provided the photograph and having finished NaNo (though not the book) I could not resist.  But for evidence that I could not have started this year’s NaNo without BBF see my blogpost from last Wednesady.

Each week Lisa posts a photograph which represents a book cover.   Participants are challenged to “Write a book jacket blurb (150 words or less) so enticing that potential readers would feel compelled to buy the book”