This was a police procedural set in Norfolk, featuring a sergeant called Ashley and her new fast-track DC Hector. They investigate the gruesome murders of a series of people on the beach, and these turn out to be linked to an event in the past. I found Ashley a bit hard to like. She started off being quite mean to poor Hector because of his relatively wealthy background and patronizing him. Then half way through the book Ashley and most of her colleagues go to the pub, get drunk and share incredibly intimate things with one another, which Ashley and Hector go on to discuss later, all of which which seemed entirely inappropriate to me.

The actual mystery was depressing and involved a variety of people with addictions and mental health problems, some of whom were homeless. The death count was high and the ending left rather a nasty taste in my mouth. I don't think I will be continuing with this series.