Water Music

Description

A terrified, frozen child is found close to death on an icy Cape Town mountainside. But no-one reported her missing. Where does she come from? Who does she belong to? Profiler Dr Clare Hart is baffled - but when a young woman disappears, Clare sees a frightening pattern beginning to emerge. Rosa is a gifted but troubled young cellist, and her grandfather is at his wits end. Why did she walk out of her music school that day? Where has she gone now? As winter tightens its grip, Clare must find Rosa and unravel her secrets...all the while carrying a secret of her own.

Promotion info

An intelligent, masterfully plotted thriller from the queen of South African crime.

Reviews

'Wonderfully crafted and fully engrossing' Michael Connelly. 'Orford plots so brilliantly that to stop reading is as harrowing as to carry on.' Telegraph (Books of the Year). 'Orford writes with verve and a crackling energy' The Weekender.

Author description

Margie Orford is an award-winning journalist and internationally acclaimed writer. Her novels have been translated into nine languages.