A body is dragged from the water. It holds a deadly secret. Touch it and you might be next to die...

The small community of Borth is rocked by the discovery of a mutilated corpse in the treacherous wilderness bordering the sea.

The identity of the gruesome remains is a mystery but within days there is a second death to investigate. Then a third.

The police are baffled by the disparity in age, sex and manner of death of the victims. Psychological profiler Megan Rhys is supposed to be on holiday but as she is drawn into the murder inquiry her forensic skills are tested to the limit by a ruthless killer who will guard the secrets of the past no matter what the cost.

Reviews:

'Chilling... will appeal to those who enjoy the forensic procedurals of Kathy Reichs.' Library Journal (for Frozen).

'Patricia Cornwell has patented the persona of the doughty heroine who bucks the system, but Ashford is closer to her personal demons.' The Guardian (for Strange Blood).

'Gritty, streetwise and raw... with an authenticity and detail born of Ashford's own journalistic experience.' Denise Hamilton, author of the Eve Diamond crime novels (for Frozen).

About the Author:
Lindsay Ashford is a former BBC journalist and the first woman to graduate from Queens' College, Cambridge where she studied criminology. She has written four novels in the Megan Rhys series, the second of which, Strange Blood, was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Fellow nominees included Val McDermid, Ian Rankin and Stephen Booth.
Her recent historical mystery, The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen, is being dramatized for BBC Radio 4 and will air in 2014.
She divides her time between homes on the west coast of Wales and Hampshire, UK.

Twitter: @LindsayAshfordA
Website: www.lindsayashford.co.uk

Where Death Lies is a new, revised edition of a novel originally published by Honno under the title 'Death Studies'.