The twisty, chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Like This, For Ever .
‘Bolton is a gripping storyteller, with fine, haunted characters’ PETER JAMES Police sergeant Lacey Flint thinks she’s safe. She thinks her new job with the river police, and her new life on a house boat, will keep her away from danger.
The twisty, chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Like This, For Ever .
‘Bolton is a gripping storyteller, with fine, haunted characters’ PETER JAMES Police sergeant Lacey Flint thinks she’s safe. She thinks her new job with the river police, and her new life on a house boat, will keep her away from danger.
The twisty, chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Like This, For Ever.'Bolton is a gripping storyteller, with fine, haunted characters'PETER JAMESPolice sergeant Lacey Flint thinks she's safe.She thinks her new job with the river police, and her new life on a house boat, will keep her away from danger. But she's wrong.When Lacey discovers a body in the water, and sinister offerings appear in her home, she fears someone is trying to expose her darkest secret.And the river is the last place she should be.
“Stiletto sharp writing. Bolton is a gripping storyteller with fine, haunted characters”
-- Peter James
Bolton’s latest gripper . . . She seems unable to write a sentence that isn’t suffused with menace -- Marcel Berlins The Times
An original and intriguing story Literary Review
Darkly gripping. The Lady
Sharon Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the author of six critically acclaimed novels. This is her seventh novel and features the popular DC Lacey Flint and DI Mark Joesbury. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the CWA Dagger in the Library.Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son. For more information about her books, You can also join her on Facebook at
Police sergeant Lacey Flint thinks she's safe. She thinks her new job with the river police, and her new life on a house boat, will keep her away from danger. But she's wrong. When Lacey discovers a body in the water, and sinister offerings appear in her home, she fears someone is trying to expose her darkest secret. And the river is the last place she should be.
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