Dark Waters
An atmospheric crime novel set in the Scottish Highlands
Published on 22. July 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-5291-1080-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Peppered with revelations that will keep you reading into the night' Yrsa Sigur?ardottir, author of the Freyja and Huldar series
THREE MISTAKES. TWO MURDERS. ONE MORE VICTIM TO GO . . .
Annabelle speeds along a deserted mountain road in the Scottish Highlands, suddenly forced to swerve. The next thing she remembers is waking up in a dark, damp room.
Scott is camping in the Scottish woodlands when he hears a scream. He starts to run. Scott is never seen again.
Meanwhile DI Monica Kennedy has been called to her first Serious Crimes case in six months - a dismembered body has been found, abandoned in a dam. When another victim surfaces, Monica knows she is on the hunt for a ruthless killer; but her own dark past isn't far behind.
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'Dark, gripping and atmospheric' Gordon Brown
'A gothic horror set in an ancient landscape' Allan Martin
THREE MISTAKES. TWO MURDERS. ONE MORE VICTIM TO GO . . .
Annabelle speeds along a deserted mountain road in the Scottish Highlands, suddenly forced to swerve. The next thing she remembers is waking up in a dark, damp room.
Scott is camping in the Scottish woodlands when he hears a scream. He starts to run. Scott is never seen again.
Meanwhile DI Monica Kennedy has been called to her first Serious Crimes case in six months - a dismembered body has been found, abandoned in a dam. When another victim surfaces, Monica knows she is on the hunt for a ruthless killer; but her own dark past isn't far behind.
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'Dark, gripping and atmospheric' Gordon Brown
'A gothic horror set in an ancient landscape' Allan Martin
Reviews / Votes
DARK WATERS does not play around. It is dark and disturbing from page one - in the best possible way. The plot is intricate and layered, and peppered with revelations that will keep you reading into the night -- Yrsa Sigur?ardottir G. R. Halliday has penned another cracker. Buckle up for a nail-biting read. * The Herald * A ravenous read * Morgan Cry * G. R. Halliday has created a novel as dark, gripping and atmospheric as the Scottish scenery it inhabits * Gordon Brown, author of Deepest Wounds * A gothic horror set in an ancient landscape * Allan Martin * G. R. Halliday takes us beneath the surface of the picturesque to pickout the tendrils of evil * Allan Martin * A dark tale - as grim as it is gripping * Allan Martin * A ravenous read. * Morgan Cry * G. R. Halliday has created a novel as dark, gripping and atmospheric as the Scottish scenery it inhabits -- Gordon Brown, author of <i>Deepest Wounds</i> on <i>From the Shadows</i> A gothic horror set in an ancient landscape. * Allan Martin *
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5291-1080-7 (9781529110807)
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Person
G.R. Halliday was born in Edinburgh and grew up near Stirling in Scotland. He spent his childhood obsessing over the unexplained mysteries his father investigated, which has proved excellent inspiration for From the Shadows. The book was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Debut Prize 2019. G.R. Halliday now lives in the rural Highlands outside of Inverness, where he is able to pursue his favourite pastimes of mountain climbing and swimming in the sea, before returning home to his band of semi-feral cats. Dark Waters is his second novel.