Drowned Lives Av Stephen Booth

<p><b>Set in and around the dark, misty canals of Lichfield, Stephen Booth''s incredible new novel is awash with mystery.<br></b><br>When council officer Chris Buckley is approached by an odd old man demanding help in healing a decades-old family rift, he sends the stranger away.<br><br>But then the old man is murdered, and the police arrive on the Chris''s doorstep asking questions to which he has no answers.<br><br>As Chris begins to look into the circumstances of the murder, he uncovers a deadly secret in the silt and mud of the local canals that he''ll realise was better kept buried.<br><br>PRAISE FOR STEPHEN BOOTH<br><br>''Makes high summer as terrifying as midwinter''<br>Val McDermid<br><br>''A modern master''<br><i>Guardian</i><br><br>''Crime writing of the finest quality''<br><i>Daily Mail<br></i><br>''Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric''<br>Reginald Hill<br><br>''A first-rate mystery''<br><i>Sunday Telegraph</i></p>