Publisher's Synopsis
"If only every golden age crime novel could be as good as this." INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY The Blood-Dimmed Tide will be dramatised by the BBC in Autumn 2005 It is 1932 and John Madden, former Scotland Yard inspector, is now a farmer in the peaceful Surrey countryside, enjoying his retirement and precious time spent with his wife, Helen, and their two children. However, the family's peace is about to be shattered, for when a young girl goes missing, it is Madden who discovers her disfigured body hidden in a wood. He is convinced the killer has struck before. When a second body is found, Madden's instinct is proved right. Allying himself with his old colleagues, he immerses himself in one more case. If Madden is to outwit this psychopath, he will need to stay one step ahead. And soon significant new links are discovered in Germany, where the Nazis are on the brink of power...
