Book cover for The Darkest Water by Mark Edwards

The Darkest Water

2024 Released
364 Pages
6-9 Hours
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Thomas & MercerISBN 9781662508943

In this chilling thriller from the bestselling author of Keep Her Secret, if you don't take your dark secrets to the grave, maybe they'll take you there first...

Calvin finally owns the bakery of his dreams, in an idyllic village in the Lake District. After reluctantly following his wife Vicky's advice to promote it on social media, he's thrilled when a viral clip makes him a legend overnight. But then the creepy DMs start flooding in--all from a stranger who claims she's his biggest fan.

Meanwhile, a local recluse is found on a nearby beach, buried to his neck and left to drown, and the community goes into shock. Why would anyone want him dead? And who exactly was he? Detective Imogen Evans, new to the Lake District, is under pressure to find out before the killer strikes again.

As the murder hunt gathers pace, Calvin's obsessive admirer turns up right on cue after his assistant is injured in an accident, and to Vicky's horror she's here to stay. As events begin spiralling into darkness, is there anyone in this quiet backwater Calvin can trust--or have his mistakes already put him, and everyone he loves, in terrible danger?

Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards previously served as school superintendent in Danville, Virginia, and in Henrico County, Virginia, where he was named
the Virginia Superintendent of the Year in 2001 and received the Harold McGraw Prize in Education in 2003. He later served as superintendent
of the Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina. Edwards was named the North Carolina Superintendent of the Year as well as the AASA National Superintendent of the Year in 2013. He received North Carolina’s prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award in 2013 and the Public School Forum of North Carolina Jay Robinson Education Leadership Award in 2014. He has been recognized as a pioneer in one-to-one computing and as a collaborative leader in public education. Edwards has published three books, Every Child Every Day: A Digital Conversion Model for Student Achievement, Thank You for Your Leadership: The Power of Distributed Leadership in a Digital Conversion Model, and co-authored The Power of Unstoppable Momentum with Michael Fullan.

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