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Synopsis
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.
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James Henry is the pen name for James Gurbutt, who has written four prequels to R D Wingfield's popular Frost series. He works in publishing, and enjoys windsurfing and long lunches.
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A fast-moving thriller with strong characters, dark humour and a terrific sense of place. I was totally absorbed by it. * Elly Griffiths * Brilliantly engineered police procedural. * Daily Mirror * A palpable hit . . . [a] dark, but glittering pearl. -- Barry Forshaw on First Frost A brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough. -- Martina Cole on First Frost This is great stuff. -- Peter Robinson on First Frost 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. -- Geoffrey Wansell * Daily Mail * Perfectly structured, authentically bred from its bleak and watery setting, Blackwater gives us a new Essex reimagined as a noir landscape. -- Lawrence Osborne, author of The Forgiven James Henry has done it again with another taut, highly atmospheric police procedural! -- Simon Kernick Vivid and compelling, with great evocation of the 1980s period. -- Peter James
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- Publisherriverrun
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1780879784
- ISBN 13 9781780879789
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages496
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Blackwater: the pulse-racing introduction to the DI Nicholas Lowry thrillers (DI Nick Lowry)
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