RCMP officer Winston Windflower’s rare afternoon off gets interrupted when a hit and run turns into murder and he must pull together a team of Mounties from Newfoundland to resolve the crime. Following the money and fentanyl— and bodies—Windflower and his team join forces with police officers in southern Ontario to take down an international drug-smuggling ring.

Windflower must face personal doubts and fears when fellow Mountie Fil Romano is kidnapped. While the higher-ups at HQ make plans to give safe passage to the drug lords in return for Romano’s life, Windflower worries Romano will get caught in the crossfire. Windflower again looks to his friends and allies for help in the difficult hours and days ahead. 

╰┈➤Book Details

• Genre: Mystery
• Sub-genre: Cozy Mystery/Police Procedural
• Language: English
• Pages: 278
• Paperback ISBN: TBA

A Change in Plans is available at Amazon.

I've always loved Mike Martin's Sgt. Windflower series covers. Most if not all depict Newfoundland where some of my ancestors used to live. And blue is my favorite color! 

He veered off the path about halfway down and was very pleased to find his desired location calm and untouched. He said a silent prayer of thanks to Creator and began his task. Some people would have thought of this as work, but Windflower found berry picking both meditative and spiritual. It reconnected him to the land and made him think of his early days growing up on the reserve in Pink Lake, Alberta. His Cree family would all go berry picking for the day, bringing a lunch and a kettle to make tea.

Chapter one has Sgt. Windflower preparing to go berry picking. Sgt. Windflower may be a great sergeant but he has soft spots that I was able to pick out from this first chapter. He may also be rough and tough but I was seeing someone who liked to spend good times with his family and members of his community. 

In the middle of his berry picking, Corporal Smira Gupta called from the bigger community of Marystown to let him know about a hit and run over there in Marystown. Even though Sgt. Windflower was off, his colleagues liked to keep him informed and the sergeant was grateful his colleague let him know. As it turned out, someone who didn't stop but kept right on going plowed into a woman causing her to go to the hospital and this greatly affected Sgt. Windflower so he decided to head over there to see if he could find out anything. On the way there, someone flagged him down and he stopped to see what they wanted. It happened to be the wife of his best friend, Moira Stoodley, co-owner of the Mug-Up Cafe, the best and only diner in Grand Bank. She tells him she just saw Mike Winger "that crazy-looking guy" back on the road and it looked like his wheelchair had tipped over. She said it looked like he was in bad shape with a cut over his forehead. She asked him if he needed help and he told her to mind her own business and went home. Very concerned, she thought she'd say something to Windflower so he could maybe check up on him.

Windflower found him and on the side of the road on his scooter, smoking a cigarette and yelling at people.

You know what I like about Sgt. Windflower? He is relatable. He's someone you wish was running your town - someone who you'd have over for Sunday dinner. Now I figure this Mike Winger may or may not be a large part of this story but after reading this first chapter, I thought it would be highly probable. Mike seems like a character and I'm wondering if he becomes the hero in the end...or I'm dead wrong and I don't know what I'm talking about. All in all, loved the first chapter as I love all of Mike Martin's books!