'Tense and emotional…A dark beating heart of a novel' GILLIAN McALLISTER'So compelling and tightly plotted I couldn't put it down' CLAIRE DOUGLAS––––––––––––––––––Don't miss the gripping debut crime novel in which a child’s tragic drowning rips a small community apart with devastating consequences…––––––––––––––––––TWO CHILDREN WENT INTO THE SEA. When local couple Andrew and Sophie take their daughter and her friend to the beach on a stormy day, they are momentarily distracted leading both children to get washed out to sea. Andrew dives in, but comes back ashore with only one child – his own daughter, Maria. Joe, the son of his best friend and local police officer, Chris, has drowned. But it was just a tragic accident…wasn’t it?ONLY ONE CAME OUT ALIVE. As Sergeant Mike Adams and DS Sue Willmott investigate what really happened in the water that afternoon, the ripple effects of the tragedy tear the community apart. The detectives must discover the truth before their colleague – bereaved and desperate father, Chris – takes the investigation into his own hands…BUT WHO IS TO BLAME?––––––––––––––––––'Tense and gripping…A dark beating heart of a novel' GILLIAN MCALLISTER'So compelling and tightly plotted I couldn't put it down' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'An absolute rollercoaster ride of a book' JENNIE GODFREY‘Compelling and accomplished, I raced through it’ B. A. PARIS'Cleverly written and filled with tension…kept me gripped' D. S. BUTLER'An all-consuming beast of a book. Unforgettable' CHARLIE GALLAGHER'Made me cry; gripping, haunting, devastating' JACKIE KABLER'A tense narrative that pulls you in like the tide, dragging you out to sea' MORGAN GREENE | After the Storm by G. D. Wright, Perfect | Indigo Chapters