A Dark and Twisted Tide
(Lacey Flint: 4): Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton exposes a darker side to London in this shocking thriller
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
TAKE A DEEP BREATH. NOW HOLD IT.
The twisty, dark thriller that will keep you up at night, from Richard & Judy million-copy bestselling author Sharon Bolton and perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter.
'Bolton has constructed a solid nail-biter. But it's the characters that infuse A Dark and Twisted Tide with such heart - not just the gritty, damaged Flint but her friends and colleagues, too.' - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
'Bolton is a gripping storyteller, with fine, haunted characters' - PETER JAMES
'Bolton rules the world of psychological thrillers' - HUFFINGTON POST
'Ingenious.' - WASHINGTON POST
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Police sergeant Lacey Flint thinks she's safe.
She thinks her new job with the river police, and her new life on a houseboat, will keep her away from danger. But she's wrong.
When Lacey discovers a body in the water, and sinister offerings appear in her home, she fears someone is trying to expose her darkest secret.
And the river is the last place she should be...
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Featured in our “Discover a New Author: Crime” feature, Sharon Bolton is a fantastic author whose pristine and understated writing style serves to heighten the reader’s sense of dread. A Dark and Twisted Tide sees the return of protagonist Lacey Flint, who is now a London Marine Unit police officer living and working on the River Thames. During one of her rigorous daily swims, Flint discovers a woman’s floating corpse, setting in motion a nail-biting thriller that builds steam from chapter to chapter.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Someone is snuffing the life out of young women, then shrouding their weighted bodies before tossing them into the Thames, in Bolton's haunting fourth novel featuring London police officer Lacey Flint (after 2013's Lost). Though the former detective constable has recently transferred to the Marine Unit in hopes of putting a string of disturbing cases behind her, she's ordered to work on the investigation, since the inquiry was launched by her discovery of one of the victims while she was swimming in the river near her houseboat. Despite considerable personal turmoil including having her lover, Det. Insp. Mark Joesbury, disappear on an undercover job it's not long before she's immersing herself in the increasingly dangerous hunt for a possible serial killer targeting illegal Afghan immigrants. Bolton sweeps the reader along with Lacey until finally running aground after a few twists too many.
