About the Book
Former detective Lacey Flint quit the force for a safer, quieter life. Or that’s what she thought.
Now living alone on her houseboat, she is trying to get over the man she loves, undercover detective Mark Joesbury. But Mark is missing in action and impossible to forget. And danger won’t leave Lacey alone.
When she finds a body floating in the river near her home, wrapped in burial cloths, she can’t resist asking questions. Who is this woman, and why was she hidden in the fast-flowing depths? And who has been delivering unwanted gifts to Lacey?
Someone is watching Lacey Flint closely.
Contents
Cover
About the Book
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Map
Prologue
Saturday, 28 June
Chapter 1
Thursday, 19 June
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Tuesday, 12 February
Chapter 14
Friday, 20 June
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Sunday, 23 March
Chapter 30
Saturday, 21 June
Chapter 31
Sunday, 22 June
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Monday, 23 June
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Friday, 4 April
Chapter 39
Tuesday, 24 June
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Thursday, 26 June
Chapter 43
17 May
Chapter 44
Friday, 27 June
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Saturday, 28 June
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Sunday, 29 June
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Monday, 30 June
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Tuesday, 1 July
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Wednesday, 2 July
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Thursday, 3 July
Chapter 97
Friday, 18 July
Chapter 98
Author’s Note
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Also by Sharon Bolton
Copyright
A DARK AND TWISTED TIDE
SHARON BOLTON
In memory of Margaret Yorke, who was my neighbour, my mentor and my friend.
And according to the success with which you put this and that together, you get a woman and a fish apart, or a Mermaid in combination. And Mr Inspector could turn out nothing better than a Mermaid, which no Judge and Jury would believe in. Charles Dickens,
Prologue