Perfect for fans of Emylia Hall, Julie Wassmer and Ann Cleeves, who love a strong female lead, compelling characters and a twisty mystery of friendship, loyalty and dark secrets submerged below the surface.
When Ian Haines’s body is pulled from the Beaulieu River after being missing for two weeks, the official verdict is swift: accidental death. No evidence of foul play, no suicide note—case closed.
But New Forest Chronicle journalist Hep Anderssen isn’t ready to let her old friend’s story end there. Ian was part of her tight-knit college circle, and the memories of their friendship compel her to find out why he’d died in such tragic circumstances. Driven by loyalty to the man she once knew, Hep uncovers passionate secrets and bitter tensions in Ian’s life – have they had deadly consequences?
Body on the Tide is the second gripping mystery in the New Forest Crime Drama Series featuring Hep Anderssen a journalist who uses her knowledge of the New Forest and its people to crack the crimes the police can’t solve.
