{"product_id":"9781787305397","title":"The Drowning Place","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hilary, Sarah \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOf specific Gay interest\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 April 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Harvill) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the DS Joseph Ashe' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e241 x 163 x 33 | 526g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Gorgeously vivid, moody and unsettling – I couldn’t put this down.' RED'Will chill you to the bone ... fantastic' PAULA HAWKINS'Brilliant ... a terrific start to a series' MICK HERRON'An instant crime classic' ERIN KELLY‘Will take your breath away’ JANICE HALLETTEvery 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 drowned. Everyone, that is, except Joseph Ashe. His miraculous survival has haunted him and the town ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a Detective Sergeant in the local police, Joe is called to the scene of a brutal and apparently inexplicable crime. The whole town is spooked, but Joe’s new boss, DI Laurie Bower, more used to inner-city police work, has no time for superstition. She just wants to find the very real killer who has left no trace and apparently had no motive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining forces, Joe and Laurie work to uncover the secrets of Edenscar, both past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when you dig up the dead, expect to get your hands dirty…PRAISE FOR SARAH HILARY:‘An astonishingly gifted writer’ MARIAN KEYES'A master of her craft... she makes the words sing' ANN CLEEVES'Sarah Hilary writes beautifully and unflinchingly' PETER JAMES'Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping' ALEX MARWOOD'Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers' VAL MCDERMID\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179236987261,"sku":"9781787305397","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781787305397.jpg?v=1778955870","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781787305397","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}