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Dead in the Water

Ed James

Crime Fiction Mystery Thriller

Revised 2024 edition – expanded and revised...

She was meant to testify. Now she’s vanished.


When a key witness fails to appear in court, Acting DC Scott Cullen and DC Craig Hunter are sent to track her down. But what they find instead is a scene of death — two homeless women, both dead from a supposed overdose.

But something doesn’t add up.

The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: this wasn’t random. It’s part of something bigger — a criminal operation targeting the vulnerable, and another team of detectives keeping secrets of their own.

To stop the killings, Cullen and Hunter must find the witness before the killers do.


Dead in the Water is the first book in the Police Scotland crime thriller series of bestselling Scottish crime novels.

The Police Scotland series:Dead in the WaterGhost in the MachineDevil in the DetailFire in the BloodStab in the DarkCops and RobbersLiars and ThievesCowboys and IndiansThe MissingThe HuntedHeroes and VillainsThe Black IsleThe Cold TruthThe Dead End

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July 14, 2021
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Ed James

Ed James is a Scottish author who writes crime fiction novels across multiple series and in multiple locations. The books in his various series are intertwined. The author combined the Cull, Bain, and Hunter series into the Police Scotland series. Refer to the Reading Order item in the Join the Discussion section for the author’s suggested reading order. Formerly an IT project manager, Ed filled his weekly commute to London by writing on planes, trains and automobiles. He now writes full-time and lives in the Scottish Borders with a menagerie of rescued animals.