4 Stars from me
What is it with these coroners who want to run the show, that blonde one from Silent Witness has something to answer to if you ask me!
I am on the fence regarding the thoughts of the fly but other than that I really enjoyed this little thriller – I read it over two sittings and found myself quietly immersed in the dramas as they unfolded.
A clever storyline bubbled away as the floodwaters rose and receded, with seemingly unconnected dead men popping up all over the place, leaving their devastated wives to identify their bodies – normally a task that no one wants to undertake.
Overall I enjoyed this and look forward to more in the series.
Albeit, I remain a little unsure who it was that had a message for Martha?
Blurb: A flood is coming to the historic West Midlands city of Shrewsbury. After days of relentless rain, the raging River Severn is an unstoppable force, sweeping through twisty streets and closed doors — where it’s about to dredge up the darkest of secrets . . .
Coroner and single mum Martha Gunn is trudging through Tesco when she gets the call.
The police have found a body. A John Doe floating in a riverside cottage. Whoever this man is, he’s been dead a while. Left to rot in the cottage’s mouldering cellar.
But nature has a way of revealing what people try to bury.
Martha’s family dinner will have to wait. Instead, she finds herself standing in a mortuary — the corpse laid out for her like a puzzle the police can’t solve.
Only Martha can piece together the truth behind the poor man’s death. But all her clinical expertise can’t prepare her for what comes next.
A funeral wreath — left on Martha’s own doorstep.
A warning meant for her and her twelve-year-old twins if she doesn’t leave this case — murky as the filthy floodwaters — well alone . . .
