The Drowning Place

'An exceptional crime novel' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Gorgeously vivid, moody and unsettling - I couldn't put this down.' RED 'Will chill you to the bone ... fantastic' PAULA HAWKINS 'An instant crime classic' ERIN KELLY 'Will take your breath away' JANICE HALLETT Every place has its ghosts. Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. Seventeen 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 survival has haunted him and the town ever since. Now a detective sergeant in the local police, Joe is called to the scene of a brutal crime. The whole town is spooked, but Joe's new boss, DI Laurie Bower, has no time for superstition. She just wants to find the very real killer who has left no trace and apparently had no motive. Joining forces, Joe and Laurie work to uncover the secrets of Edenscar, both past and present. But when you dig up the dead, expect to get your hands dirty... PRAISE FOR SARAH HILARY: 'An astonishingly gifted writer' MARIAN KEYES 'A master of her craft... she makes the words sing' ANN CLEEVES 'Sarah Hilary writes beautifully and unflinchingly' PETER JAMES 'Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping' ALEX MARWOOD 'Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers' VAL MCDERMID

Sarah Hilary is the critically-acclaimed author of nine novels. Her debut, Someone Else's Skin, won the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year 2015 and was also a World Book Night selection, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and a finalist for both the Silver Falchion and Macavity Awards in the US. No Other Darkness, the second in her DI Marnie Rome series, was shortlisted for a Barry Award. Sarah is Programme Director for St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend, and co-founder of Ledburied, a crime fiction festival in her home town. Her short stories have won the Fish Criminally Short Histories Prize, the Cheshire Prize for Literature, and the SENSE Prize. www.sarahhilary.com