'Crime fiction at its very best, a knotty mystery' ELLY GRIFFITHS

'Terrific … Perhaps his best yet' ANN CLEEVES

‘The undisputed king of seaside noir’ VASEEM KHAN

‘A gripping and wonderful thriller’ NICCI FRENCH

‘Twistier than a cramping snake’ M. W. CRAVEN

'My finest crime novel of the year' Daily Mail

Met detective Eden Driscoll never wanted a child, but when his estranged sister vanishes from her sailboat, he is asked to look after her son Finn – the nephew he hadn’t even known existed.

Resettled in the seaside town of Teignmouth, Eden adjusts to his newfound parenthood. Then Finn disappears from school, and Eden knows something is dreadfully wrong.

When Eden's sister's body is finally found, floating in the sea, local police rule her death an accident, but Eden isn’t convinced. She was an experienced sailor and would never sail without a life jacket. Eden starts searching his sister’s life for answers, and what he discovers changes everything.

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‘What a captivating story! I was totally enthralled’?????

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‘I was genuinely engrossed in this book and found it hard to put down. One of Shaw's best books’?????

‘Wow. What a start to a series’?????

‘William Shaw is a superb crime writer … highly recommended’?????