The Full Dead in the Water Mystery Series Collection

The morning mist over Heron Lake has never looked so peaceful—until Freestyle starts barking at something floating near the farthest swim buoy. Margaret Gaines has found bodies before, but discovering local accountant Wesley Drummond drifting among the red-and-white markers raises immediate questions. Everyone knows the lake claims a careless swimmer every few years. Chief Patterson is ready to call it a tragic accident and move on. There's just one problem: according to everyone who knew him, Wesley Drummond couldn't swim a stroke.

As Margaret starts asking questions around Waterford Haven, she discovers that the quiet, unremarkable accountant had been keeping some very remarkable secrets. Wesley had a talent for finding things people wanted to stay hidden—and in a town full of small businesses and big ambitions, that made him dangerous. Someone arranged a late-night meeting at the lake, someone who couldn't afford to let Wesley share what he'd found. Now Margaret must untangle a web of grudges, greed, and carefully constructed lies to find a killer who's betting everything on the evidence staying submerged.

With help from Patty's salon gossip, Gil's analytical mind, and Jake's knowledge of every current in Heron Lake, Margaret follows a trail that leads from dusty financial records to a deadly confrontation at the water's edge. In this fourth installment of the Dead in the Water Mysteries, she'll prove once again that in Waterford Haven, the truth always rises—no matter how hard someone tries to hold it down.