The Drowning Place

<p>'An exceptional crime novel' <b>CLARE MACKINTOSH</b><Br>'Gorgeously vivid, moody and unsettling – I couldn’t put this down.'<b><i> RED</i></b><Br>'Will chill you to the bone ... fantastic' <b>PAULA HAWKINS</b><Br>'An instant crime classic' <b>ERIN KELLY</b><Br>'Will take your breath away' <b>JANICE HALLETT</b><b>Every place has its ghosts. Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. </b></p><p>17 years ago, its inhabitants were hit by tragedy when a school bus veered off the road and everyone on board drowned. Everyone, that is, except Joseph Ashe. His miraculous survival has haunted him and the town ever since.</p><p>Now a Detective Sergeant in the local police, Joe is called to the scene of a brutal and apparently inexplicable crime. The whole town is spooked, but Joe’s new boss, DI Laurie Bower, more used to inner-city police work, has no time for superstition. She just wants to find the very real killer who has left no trace and apparently had no motive.</p><p>Joining forces, Joe and Laurie work to uncover the secrets of Edenscar, both past and present.</p><p><b>But when you dig up the dead, expect to get your hands dirty…</b></p><p><b><u>PRAISE FOR SARAH HILARY:</u></b></p><p><i>‘An astonishingly gifted writer’</i> MARIAN KEYES</p><p><i>'A master of her craft... she makes the words sing' </i>ANN CLEEVES</p><p><i>'Sarah Hilary writes beautifully and unflinchingly' </i>PETER JAMES</p><p><i>'Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping' </i>ALEX MARWOOD</p><p><i>'Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers'</i> VAL MCDERMID</p>