The Long Memory of Water: An Alois Pescoller Thriller

In the summer of 2011, a diver is found murdered in the harbour of Santa Margherita Ligure, a weight belt fastened around his neck. The investigation falls to Vicequestore Alois Pescoller-an exacting, unconventional detective more at home among the mountains of his native Dolomites than beside the sea.What first appears to be a local killing soon leads Pescoller into a hidden world of technical divers, forgotten military archives and wartime secrets buried off the Portofino promontory.In 1944, a German U-boat vanished after leaving San Fruttuoso with a mysterious cargo secured to its hull. Nearly seventy years later, someone is determined to recover what the sea has kept hidden-and is willing to kill anyone who stands in the way.As the investigation moves between Portofino, Florence, Berlin and the depths of the Ligurian Sea, Pescoller must uncover the truth behind the wreck before the past resurfaces with deadly consequences.Atmospheric, intelligent and steeped in the landscape and history of the Italian Riviera, The Long Memory of Water is the first AloisPescoller thriller in the Profondità Criminali series.