Who wrote The Drowning Place?

The Drowning Place is by Sarah Hilary, who is also known for the Marnie Rome novels.

Is The Drowning Place a ghost story?

It is a police procedural with a cold supernatural chill. The town is spooked, but DI Laurie Bower has no time for superstition and insists on finding a real killer.

Where is The Drowning Place set?

It is set in Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, where a school bus crash seventeen years ago left one survivor, Joseph Ashe.

The Drowning Place

Seventeen years after a school bus tragedy, a Peak District detective must solve a murder that makes no sense.

Reading guide

This is the book to start with, and no earlier reading is needed before picking it up.

Joe Ashe, the only survivor of a school bus crash seventeen years ago, is now a detective sergeant in Edenscar. When a brutal killing with no clear killer or motive shakes the town, he must work with DI Laurie Bower, who wants a real explanation rather than a ghost story.

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Seventeen years ago, a school bus left the road near Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, and everyone on board drowned except one boy, Joseph Ashe. His survival has haunted him and the town ever since. Now a detective sergeant with the local police, Joe is called to a brutal killing with no trace of the killer and no obvious motive, in a community already inclined to believe in ghosts.

His new boss, DI Laurie Bower, comes from inner-city policing and has no patience for superstition. She wants a real killer, and the two must work through Edenscar's secrets, old and new. Sarah Hilary's police procedural carries a cold supernatural chill, and it suits readers who enjoy crime rooted in place and grief, and a little unsettling after dark.

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The Drowning Place

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