SLEEPING AND THE DEAD

A vivid psychological suspense novel written some 20 years ago between two of the early Vera novels. A diving instructor makes a gruesome discovery in Cranwell Lake. The body of a teenager has been found very close to the surface of a reservoir due to a drought. The police are called to investigate and realise that the body has been anchored in place for a long time. They look at all the missing young males from the time and with dental work and identify the male as Michael Grey. However this is not his real name and the police are still looking for answers when another teenager is found murdered. Detective Peter Porteous deduces that Grey was the enigmatic and secretive man who was reported missing by his foster parents in 1972. On the other side of the country, prison officer Hannah Morton is about to get the shock of her life for Michael was her boyfriend, and she was with him the night he disappeared. The news report that a body has been found brings back dreaded and long buried memories from her past. 395pp in paperback.