The body below
(Book)

A disgraced investigative reporter, Conn Whitman’s long-distance swims keep him centered and sane—until he kicks a submerged object while swimming—something with the density and resilience of human flesh—and wonders if it’s connected to an unsolved murder in a nearby town. Conn and his fiancée, Celine Gabrielli, combine their talents—his decades of journalistic research, her PhD in psychology, and a wealth of knowledge about the traditional ways of Vermont’s old villages—to seek answers. Confronted with obsession, deception, and betrayal, they realize too late the dangers of amateur sleuthing: Murder disrupts lives in unexpected ways, sending out ripples and bringing long-hidden secrets to the surface.