The Drowning Place

<p>'Will chill you to the bone ... fantastic' <b>PAULA HAWKINS</b><br>'Brilliant ... a terrific start to a series' <b>MICK HERRON<br></b>'An instant crime classic' <b>ERIN KELLY</b><br> Will take your breath away <b>JANICE HALLETT</b><br><br><b>Every place has its ghosts. Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. </b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Joining forces, Joe and Laurie work to uncover the secrets of Edenscar, both past and present.<br><br><b>But when you dig up the dead, expect to get your hands dirty </b><br><br><br><b><u>PRAISE FOR SARAH HILARY:<br></u></b><br><i> An astonishingly gifted writer </i> MARIAN KEYES<br><br><i>'A master of her craft... she makes the words sing' </i>ANN CLEEVES<br><br><i>'Sarah Hilary writes beautifully and unflinchingly' </i>PETER JAMES<br><br><i>'Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping' </i>ALEX MARWOOD<br><br><i>'Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers'</i> VAL MCDERMID</p>