Ms. M. Laurel Stones

From Shallow Water Ms. M. Laurel Stones

Emmett Cole stands transfixed, his feet sinking into the icy mud of a French canal as he peers through the fog at the body of a young woman and the photograph floating from her locket---a picture of him! Moments before, Emmett was searching the Canal Region for his former orphanage. Now, panicked, he is hiding the photograph and covering the mysterious girl with his expensive coat. Sensing the New York architect's nervousness, Inspector Colbert "Le Crocodile" holds him for questioning and seizes his passport. While Emmett is detained in Burgundy, he hears bizarre stories of what led to his disappearance more than thirty years before: tales of a doomed love affair, insanity, countless deceptions, a kidnapping and one man's dogged search for a small boy. The timing of these disclosures may seem coincidental, but when added to the shocking outcome, you might call it synchronistic. You be the judge in this fast-paced journey into psychological suspense.