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Blackwater: the pulse-racing introduction to the Essex-set thrillers starring DI Nick Lowry
James Henry
Di Nick Lowry, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery
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- Paperback May 16, 2017 | 9781780879802 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 14, 2016 | 9781786481542 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2016 | 9781784299811 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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riverrun
- Paperback May 16, 2017 | 9781780879802 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 14, 2016 | 9781786481542 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2016 | 9781784299811 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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riverrun
- Paperback May 16, 2017 | 9781780879802 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 14, 2016 | 9781786481542 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 14, 2016 | 9781784299811 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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The new Essex-based crime series from the bestselling author of the DI Jack Frost prequels - perfect for fans of Peter James and Start MacBride.
THE NEW ESSEX-BASED CRIME SERIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DI JACK FROST PREQUELS - PERFECT FOR FANS OF PETER JAMES AND STUART MACBRIDE.
'James Henry's writing is vivid and compelling, with great evocation of the 1980s period' Peter James
January 1983, Colchester CID
A new year brings new resolutions for Detective Inspector Nicholas Lowry. With one eye on his approaching fortieth birthday, he has given up his two greatest vices: smoking, and the police boxing team. As a result, the largest remaining threat to his health is now his junior colleague's reckless driving.
If Detective Constable Daniel Kenton's orange sports convertible is symbolic of his fast track through the ranks, then his accompanying swagger, foppish hairstyle and university education only augment his uniqueness in the department. Yet regardless of this, it is not DC Kenton who is turning station heads.
WPC Jane Gabriel is the newest police recruit in Britain's oldest recorded town. Despite a familial tie to top brass, Gabriel's striking beauty and profound youth have landed her with two obstacles: a young male colleague who gives her too much attention, and an older one who acts like she's not there.
January 1983, Blackwater Estuary
A new year brings a new danger to the Essex shoreline. An illicit shipment, bound for Colchester - 100 kilograms of powder that will frantically accelerate tensions in the historic town, and leave its own murderous trace.
Lowry, Kenton and Gabriel must now develop a tolerance to one another, and show their own substance, to save Britain's oldest settlement from a new, unsettling enemy.
Praise for Blackwater: the pulse-racing introduction to the Essex-set thrillers starring DI Nick Lowry
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Vivid and compelling, with great evocation of the 1980s period. - Peter James
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James Henry has done it again with another taut, highly atmospheric police procedural! - Simon Kernick
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Perfectly structured, authentically bred from its bleak and watery setting, Blackwater gives us a new Essex reimagined as a noir landscape. - Lawrence Osborne
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The smell of the marshes permeates every page . . . This is old-style policing set in an interesting period, and it's an encouraging start to what is likely to be an engaging series. - Daily Mail
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A palpable hit . . . [a] dark, but glittering pearl. - The Independent
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Brilliantly engineered police procedural. - Daily Mirror
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