The Evil Beneath Quotes

“She had been lying there, facedown in the water long before the tide had turned at 3.04 that morning. Her eyes were staring into the river, her blonde hair first fanning out, then drawing back under her head with the wash of the water, like a pulsating jellyfish. The belt of her raincoat was caught on the branches of an overhanging tree and she’d been hooked, destined to forever flap against the corner of the broken pier with outstretched arms. She wasn’t going anywhere now; she was simply bobbing up and down with the rhythm of the water - and she hadn’t blinked in a long while.”
― A.J. Waines, The Evil Beneath

“No one would notice the binoculars now trained towards the towpath. She had to arrive at the scene any time now, to get a good view, before the body was bagged up and taken away by the river police.”
― A.J. Waines, The Evil Beneath

“FACT: There are thirty bridges over the tidal stretch of the river Thames. FACT: The Thames is tidal for ninety-five miles inland, from the Outer Thames Estuary to Teddington Lock. Port of London Authority.”
― A.J. Waines, The Evil Beneath