Summer, 1942. The Second World War rages on, but Britain now faces the Nazi threat with America at its side.
In a bombed-out London swarming with gangsters and spies, DCI Frank Merlin continues his battle against rampant wartime crime.
A mangled body is found in the Thames just as some items of priceless art go mysteriously missing.
What sinister connection links the two?
Merlin and his team follow a twisting trail of secrets and lies as they investigate a baffling and deadly puzzle.
Dead in the Water by Mark Ellis is published on 19 May, 2022. It’s the fifth in his DCI Frank Merlin series.
