Every place has its ghosts. Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. 17 years ago, its inhabitants were hit by tragedy when a school bus veered off the road and everyone on board … Read more about The Drowning Place
A tense and slow-burning exploration of obsession and revenge that will keep you turning the pages
‘A master of her craft. In every book she makes the words sing’ ANN CLEEVES
A compulsive psychological thriller that questions how much we know about the people who live next to us
‘An astonishingly gifted writer’ MARIAN KEYES
A dark contemporary psychological thriller with a modern Gothic twist
‘A dark river of a book’ MICK HERRON
Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year, and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick, introducing D.I. Marnie Rome
‘Superbly disturbing’
OBSERVER
A darkly wrenching whodunnit with a twisting conclusion, and a hero readers are sure to fall for.
Ruth Ware
Sarah Hilary breaks new ground with The Drowning Place, where the ghosts of the past still have a part to play in the crimes of the now. You will fall in love with Joe Ashe.
Belinda Bauer
The dark poetry of Sarah Hilary’s writing has always been both exhilarating and terrifying, but she has truly excelled herself with The Drowning Place. Consider me a fan. Highly recommended.
MW Craven
A dazzling crime novel that heralds the start of an unmissable new police procedural series. I loved every page of this dark, propulsive, and assured novel.
Lucy Clarke
