A BODY SURROUNDED BY WATER: AN INSPECTOR CHARLIE SALTER NOVEL. Wright, Eric. Toronto, Collins, 1987. 166pp, cloth, $19.95, ISBN 0-00-223181-6. CIP Grades 9 and up Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Volume 15 Number 6 1987 November Toronto police inspector Charlie Sailer and his family are vacationing near his in-laws on Prince Edward Island. A rash of break-ins into cottages of those "from away" and two murders provide an opportunity for him to escape from his relatives and his wife's grieving college girl-friend. A historic Great Silver Seal, missing since the American War of Independence, provides an unknown for the colourful personalities who become woven into the fabric of this slim novel. The who-dun-it aspect of this book is admirably supplemented by the fun of meeting Wright's characters. Smoke Detector,* A Single Death,** Death in the Old Country*** and The Night the Gods Smiled**** are four earlier novels, each equally light and entertaining. This latest is also just for a few hours of non-taxing escape. There is nothing here for a study in Canadian literature or, indeed, of the crime novel. It is merely for Charlie Salter fans. Ted Monkhouse, Wellington County Board of Education, Guelph, Ont. *Reviewed vol. X1I/6 November 1984 p. 245. **Reviewed vol. XV/1 January 1987 P.21. ***Reviewed vol. X1II/6 November 1985 p.258. ****Reviewed vol. XI/4 July 1983 p.157.