SOMETHING IN THE WATER: The Jack Collier Series

By Fred Lockwood

A body rises from the depths of Liverpool Bay and what looks like a tragic diving accident is only the beginning.

When the crew of a scallop dredger hauls in its nets, they expect another catch from the seabed. Instead, amongst the scallops and marine debris lies the badly damaged body of a diver.

At first, the explanation seems straightforward: an accident at sea, perhaps a fatal encounter with a passing boat.
But Jack Collier, newly qualified as an investigator with the Marine Accident Investigation Agency, isn't convinced.

The diver's equipment tells one story. His injuries suggest another. And when Jack begins reconstructing the man's final dive, the evidence simply doesn't fit. The depth recorded by his dive computer is wrong for where his abandoned boat was found. The tides don't make sense. And according to those who knew him, the experienced diver was behaving completely out of character.

Working alongside veteran investigator Jimmy Halstead, pathologist Dr Elizabeth Coombes and his business partner Sandro Calovarlo, Jack follows the evidence beneath the waters of Liverpool Bay.

What begins as an investigation into a single suspicious death gradually exposes something far more dangerous.
Someone knows what really happened beneath the surface. Someone has a great deal to lose if Jack discovers the truth.

Jack has faced danger before, but this time his determination to uncover the truth could place not only himself but everyone helping him directly in the path of those determined to keep their secrets buried.

How many deaths can be dismissed as accidents before coincidence becomes murder?

Combining maritime investigation, diving, corporate intrigue and murder, Something in the Water is the tenth instalment in Fred Lockwood's Jack Collier Series - a suspenseful mystery in which the most important evidence may be hidden deep beneath the surface.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGM66PD7
• ISBN13: 9798194965977
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"