"On a hot summer evening on the Northumberland coast, Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son murdered. Luke has been strangled, laid out in a bath of water, and covered in wildflowers. This stylized murder scene has Inspector Vera Standhope and her team intrigued. But now, Vera must work quickly to find this killer who is making art out of death. As local residents are forced to share their private lives, sinister secrets are slowly unearthed. And while the killer remains in their midst, waiting for an opportunity to prepare another beautiful, watery grave" --Inside cover.