Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James’ idyllic Christmas holiday at his family’s home in the Cheshire countryside is interrupted by deaths both past and present. A teenager drowns in a local canal, the remains of an infant are found in an old canal-side dairy barn, and a third violent death touches them all.

As the detectives are drawn deeper, they realize that the lives of the three victims were intertwined in unexpected ways, and that the claims of the past will not be silenced until old wrongs are made right. In true Crombie fashion, Water Like a Stone will keep you on the edge of your seat as Duncan and Gemma find that the all-too-present dangers can threaten those they love most.