Meet Kent’s Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman. She’s given everything to rise to the top. She’s menopausal, overworked — and the only one who can crack this impossible case. Please note, this book was previously published as Still Waters . A suicide or the perfect murder? Fran’s handed a case in which nothing is as it seems. Fran isn’t afraid of heights. But the sight of the fifth-floor balcony at the Mondiale, Hythe’s most luxurious seaside hotel, still makes her shudder. Ten days ago, a guest plummeted to his death over this very rail , for reasons no one can fathom. Alec Minton couldn’t wait to retire to the seaside. Fran can’t believe he’d check into the Mondiale — under a false name — just to end it all. Not without someone there to give him a push. The deeper Fran digs, the more she thinks Alec was onto something — and it all links back to an old cold case. Two men sent down for a murder they swore they didn’t do. What secret dragged Alec down to his watery grave? Fran must uncover the truth, before she gets caught up in the same deadly undercurrent. Discover a fiendishly twisty British crime mystery from a bestselling author. Fans of Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Karin Slaughter, Angela Marsons, A.J. Cross, Mel Sherratt and Helen H. Durrant are sure to be hooked. READERS LOVE IN HARM'S WAY : ‘In Cutler, we are undoubtedly dealing with the crème de la crème .’ The Times ‘A warhorse of a character.’ Northern Echo ‘ A very sympathetic character facing the difficulties of her position and age with great determination.’ Crime Squad ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ Hurrah . A book with a menopausal woman dealing with aged parents as the heroine. And she not only gets the murderer but a man as well.’ Ann ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ Engrossing procedural with human interest . . . Judith Cutler is a master of her craft .’ Mary ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ Well written and absorbing . . . I could sympathize with Fran in her dilemma.’ Damaskcat ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ Intelligent .’ Sami ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ A good balance between personal background and the crime solving.’ Mrs SJ Frankis ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ One of the best I’ve read for ages , very true to life and really brought home some experiences.’ Muriel THE DETECTIVE Officers don’t come more driven than Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman . She’s spent decades rising through the ranks of the Kent Force, while handling everything life has to throw at her. Including the untimely death of the love of her life. Now, aged fifty-three, she finds herself menopausal, overworked and alone. Torn between her career and the demands of caring for two elderly parents, is she about to burn out? THE SETTING Fran Harman’s made a cozy home for herself in Lenham, a picture-perfect little village in the Kent countryside, in the south of England. This cottage is her refuge, the place she comes back to to unwind after a hard day’s work at the station.