The Serpent Pool: The evocative and compelling cold case mystery (Lake District Cold-Case Mysteries) - Softcover

Martin Edwards

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749008792 ISBN 13: 9780749008796

Publisher: Allison & Busby, 2011

Synopsis

The Lake District's cold case specialist, DCI Hannah Scarlett, is determined to uncover the truth behind Bethany Friend's apparent suicide in the Serpent Pool. Why would Bethany, so afraid of water, drown herself? Hannah fears that her partner, bookseller Marc Amos, is keeping dark secrets. Does he hold the key to Bethany's past - and why was his best customer burnt to death in an Ullswater boathouse? Hannah still carries a torch for Daniel Kind, who is researching Thomas De Quincey and the history of murder. Once Daniel and Hannah suspect connections between Bethany's drowning and a current sequence of killings, death comes dangerously close to home.

About this title

Review:

'Evocative descriptions, expert plotting, an engaging protagonist and strongly delineated characters...the denouement will have you choking on your Kendal mint cake' The Guardian

About the Author:

MARTIN EDWARDS was born in Knutsford, Cheshire. He read law at Balliol College, Oxford and then trained as a solicitor. Married with two children, he is currently a partner at Weightmans LLP, a leading national law firm. He published various legal articles and textbooks before turning his hand to crime fiction and is the author of the acclaimed legal mysteries featuring Harry Devlin. He also writes the hugely popular crime series set in the Lake District, featuring The Coffin Trail which saw him shortlisted for the Theakston`s Crime Novel of the Year Award. He is also a critic and has edited various short story collections and writes The Martin Edward's Column on BookNoir.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0749008792
• ISBN 13: 9780749008796
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352