watermarked by J.M.Gregson.
A very good read. Great story. Some good characters. i did enjoy this book.4*.

This was a pretty good read. It kept me guessing whodunit. Moves along at a fairly, steady pace. I will be reading more books by this author.

This is a Lambert and Hook book, and whilst I really enjoy all the books by JM Gregson, I found this one less readable as the others. There was less of the two detectives in this one as in the others and more character development in the storyline.
Don't get me wrong, the story was excellent, with many twists and turns - I just found it a little different to what I expected.

4 and 1 / 2 stars

The Severn is the longest river in England, flowing for 210 miles. In this river, a body is found. The body is that of a woman. The cause is murder.

The pathologist believes that the woman has been in the river for about a week. Of course, the forensic evidence is badly compromised by predators and the water by the time the body is found.

Superintendent John Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook are assigned the case. The woman is identified as Laura Pritchard.

Lambert and Hook set about interviewing those who knew Mrs. Pritchard: relatives, acquaintances and employees. They discover some interesting facts. They learn she had quit her choir a year earlier without telling anyone. They learn that she has an estranged son who apparently is very difficult to locate. They learn about many alibis. They learn that not all is what it seems.

The denouement is a little anticlimactic, for I had suspected the killer from the beginning. But that doesn’t take away from the adventure of getting there. J.M. Gregson is a very good writer. The books a plotted well and move along quickly. I truly enjoyed this one. I am anxiously awaiting the next in the series.

I want to thank Netgalley and Endeavour Press for forwarding to me a copy of this delightful novel to read.