Overview

Water is at the centre of the human experience. The source of life on earth, it is also a place of mystery and danger. For criminals, water is the perfect accomplice for the perfect crime: it erases, absorbs, and carries the bodies, conceals weapons and washes away evidence. For detectives, water is a crafty adversary. It never confesses, forcing the investigators to employ extraordinary measures to discover the truth. Dark Waters of Crime does not simply oppose the criminals and the investigators. It brings into play a third party, powerful, mysterious, and tenacious.