THE RIVER SEVERN MURDERS an absolutely gripping and unputdownable British crime mystery (Coroner Martha Gunn Book 1)

A flood threatens Shrewsbury, an ancient West Midlands city encircled by the River Severn. After days of heavy rain, the rising waters sweep through the town's historic streets and closed doors, dredging up dark secrets. Coroner Martha Gunn, a single mother, is called away from grocery shopping when police discover a body in a riverside cottage. The man, unidentified, has been dead for some time, left to decompose in the cottage's cellar. Martha must examine the corpse and piece together the truth behind his death. But her investigation takes a sinister turn when a funeral wreath appears on her doorstep—a warning to her and her twelve-year-old twins to abandon the case. As Martha works with DI Alex Randall, she finds herself drawn deeper into a mystery as murky as the floodwaters surrounding the town. Martha is a forty-something coroner shaped by grief following her husband's sudden death. Dry-humoured and incisive, she possesses a sharp mind and relentless curiosity. Her twin children, now secretive pre-teens, have grown distant from her. When a murder case demands her expertise, she cannot resist involvement—both professionally and personally. This book was previously published as River Deep.