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THE WATER CLOCK by JIM KELLY
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SummaryIn the bleak, snowbound landscape of the Cambridgeshire
Fens, a man's mutilated body is discovered in a block of
ice. High up on Ely Cathedral a second body is discovered,
grotesquely riding an ancient stone gargoyle. The decaying
corpse, it seems, has been there for more than thirty years. Philip Dryden, lead reporter for the local newspaper The
Crow, knows he's onto a great story when forensic evidence
links both victims to one terrifying crime in 1966. But the
story also offers Dryden the key to a very personal
mystery. Who saved his life after a car crash one foggy
night two years ago---and who left his wife, Laura, in a
ditch to die? As he continues his painful visits to Laura,
who has been locked in a coma ever since the accident,
Dryden's search for the truth takes on ever increasing
urgency. The answers will bring him face to face with his
own guilt, his own fears---and a cold and ruthless killer. This brilliant and evocative murder mystery, which was
shortlisted for Britain's John Creasey Award for the best
first crime novel of the year, marks Jim Kelly as the new
master of suspense.
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