Time spent messing about on the river isn't supposed to end with a brutal murder. 
The staff at Stoley's Boatyard were used to holidaymakers returning their pleasure cruisers
 a little late after a week or so exploring the network of waterways around Norchester.
 They were not used to finding their yachts burned almost beyond recognition with the 
charred remains of a client still aboard. Taking on the murder investigation, Chief
 Inspector George Gently faces an enquiry like no other he has ever handled.
 Somewhere beneath the lies of the victim's wife, somewhere obscured by the
 brittle edge of her daughter's fear, somewhere hidden by her son's hysteria,
 lies the truth. Gently's only hope is to sweep aside the litter of chaos and 
confusion to uncover the identity of the killer
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