Drowning My Sorrows
(2024)(The second book in the Alan Gadd Cambridgeshire Legal Mystery series)
A novel by Martyn Goodger
A university. An obsession. A death.
Alan Gadd has a new job: in-house lawyer at a second-rate Cambridgeshire university.
But few of Alan’s colleagues seem to like him. Women find reasons not to go out with him. And he can’t escape the tragic memories of his old job as a solicitor in Cambridge.
Alan finds himself drawn into an investigation of wrongdoing and possible corruption at the university. But when the body of a popular young member of staff is discovered in the local river, he can’t tell the police what he knows, because he’s too ashamed of where he was and what he was doing on the night of the death.
Instead, he tries on his own to uncover the truth about what is going on at the university, but in doing so he exposes himself to a terrifying and completely unexpected danger.
DROWNING MY SORROWS is the second book in the Alan Gadd Cambridgeshire Legal Mysteries series.
What readers are saying:
‘[Alan] is a conniving, narcissistic misogynist. Yet I couldn't stop reading.’
‘Cleverly plotted whodunnit with a legal backdrop and an unusual but compelling protagonist’
‘A quietly creepy murder mystery’
‘For fans of mysteries, legal thrillers, and dark academia’
THE LAWYER
Alan Gadd is a socially awkward, self-centred lawyer who seems to alienate most people he meets. One book blogger described him simply as a ‘jerk’ (while also highly recommending BIDING MY TIME, the first book in the series). You would have to be desperate for company or for alcohol (or perhaps for both) to go willingly for a drink with Alan. But he can, on occasion, do the right thing, including solving murders, even if his motives are not usually very admirable.
THE SETTING
Ely. A small cathedral city north-east of Cambridge. Its centrepiece is the magnificent Ely Cathedral, known as the ‘Ship of the Fens’, which has dominated the skyline for nearly a thousand years. You can wander along quiet streets lined with independent shops, visit the former home of Oliver Cromwell, enjoy food or sport in the modern Ely Leisure Village, or admire the narrowboats on the River Great Ouse. Ely is an unlikely setting for murder, but its beautiful surroundings can hide a darker undercurrent.
Genre: Mystery
Alan Gadd has a new job: in-house lawyer at a second-rate Cambridgeshire university.
But few of Alan’s colleagues seem to like him. Women find reasons not to go out with him. And he can’t escape the tragic memories of his old job as a solicitor in Cambridge.
Alan finds himself drawn into an investigation of wrongdoing and possible corruption at the university. But when the body of a popular young member of staff is discovered in the local river, he can’t tell the police what he knows, because he’s too ashamed of where he was and what he was doing on the night of the death.
Instead, he tries on his own to uncover the truth about what is going on at the university, but in doing so he exposes himself to a terrifying and completely unexpected danger.
DROWNING MY SORROWS is the second book in the Alan Gadd Cambridgeshire Legal Mysteries series.
What readers are saying:
‘[Alan] is a conniving, narcissistic misogynist. Yet I couldn't stop reading.’
‘Cleverly plotted whodunnit with a legal backdrop and an unusual but compelling protagonist’
‘A quietly creepy murder mystery’
‘For fans of mysteries, legal thrillers, and dark academia’
THE LAWYER
Alan Gadd is a socially awkward, self-centred lawyer who seems to alienate most people he meets. One book blogger described him simply as a ‘jerk’ (while also highly recommending BIDING MY TIME, the first book in the series). You would have to be desperate for company or for alcohol (or perhaps for both) to go willingly for a drink with Alan. But he can, on occasion, do the right thing, including solving murders, even if his motives are not usually very admirable.
THE SETTING
Ely. A small cathedral city north-east of Cambridge. Its centrepiece is the magnificent Ely Cathedral, known as the ‘Ship of the Fens’, which has dominated the skyline for nearly a thousand years. You can wander along quiet streets lined with independent shops, visit the former home of Oliver Cromwell, enjoy food or sport in the modern Ely Leisure Village, or admire the narrowboats on the River Great Ouse. Ely is an unlikely setting for murder, but its beautiful surroundings can hide a darker undercurrent.
Genre: Mystery
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