Several new characters were also introduced that I hope play a recurring role. That is good news because I think one of the strengths of the series is the multitude of flawed and/or interesting secondary characters. Luckily many of the secondary characters from the first two books were eventually brought back in to participate in this book as well.

It took a little while to realize some time had passed from the previous book and Erika was no longer at the same division with the same partners.

And they'll do anything to stop Erika from finding the truth. Someone who doesn't want this case solved. Is the suspect someone close to home? Someone is keeping secrets. Erika soon realizes this is going to be one of the most complex and demanding cases she has ever taken on. The missing girl who made headline news 26 years ago.Īs Erika tries to piece together new evidence with the old, she must dig deeper and find out more about the fractured Collins family and the original detective, Amanda Baker - a woman plagued by her failure to find Jessica. The remains are quickly identified as seven-year-old Jessica Collins. From the thick sludge the drugs are recovered, but so is the skeleton of a young child.

When Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major narcotics case was stashed in a disused quarry on the outskirts of London, she orders for it to be searched. She would lie still and undisturbed for many years, but above her on dry land, the nightmare was just beginning.

Dark water by robert bryndza