The Water Clock (Journalist Philip Dryden, 1) - Hardcover

Kelly, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312321430 ISBN 13: 9780312321437

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2003

Synopsis

In the bleak, snowbound landscape of the Cambridgeshire Fens, a man's mutilated body is discovered in a block of ice. High up on Ely Cathedral a second body is discovered, grotesquely riding an ancient stone gargoyle. The decaying corpse, it seems, has been there for more than thirty years.
Philip Dryden, lead reporter for the local newspaper The Crow, knows he's onto a great story when forensic evidence links both victims to one terrifying crime in 1966. But the story also offers Dryden the key to a very personal mystery. Who saved his life after a car crash one foggy night two years ago - and who left his wife, Laura, in a ditch to die? As he continues his painful visits to Laura, who has been locked in a coma ever since the accident, Dryden's search for the truth takes on ever increasing urgency. The answers will bring him face to face with his own guilt, his own fears - and a cold and ruthless killer.

About this title

Review:

'Jim Kelly . . . a sparkling star, newly risen in the crime fiction firmament' -- Colin Dexter

From the Publisher:

This is Jim Kelly's debut novel and displays his wonderful talent, in particular, for creating stunning visual images and atmosphere. I remember reading this novel on a blisteringly hot day in July, when our office air conditioning had failed. While I'm not about to claim that Jim's descriptions of the freezing landscape made me cold, they certainly helped me battle heat exhaustion!

Jim is currently working on his second novel, THE FIRE BABY, which will also feature the Drydens - both Philip AND Laura in a most inventive way.

I believe this captivating and evocative murder mystery marks Jim Kelly as a new master of suspense fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312321430
• ISBN 13: 9780312321437
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320