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The Blackwater Paperback – 8 Jun. 2021

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Two stories. One harrowing tale.

The past and present collide as history repeats itself. If DCI William Constable is to catch a killer and expose an international drug trafficking ring before it is too late, he will need to stray from the path to which fate has called him. But nothing can deviate him from his preordained path to death, nothing except a ghostly reincarnation, whose timely appearances from beyond the grave are all that stand between him and his fate.

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392 pages
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English
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Matador
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8 Jun. 2021
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12.85 x 2.06 x 19.84 cm
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180046309X
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978-1800463097
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Paul Smith was born in Maldon, the setting for THE BLACKWATER. Paul is a Veterinary Surgeon, and the author of several textbook chapters and publications. His career has led him to leave the Blackwater, but his passion for Maldon, its surrounding estuarine landscape and storied past endures.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Matador (8 Jun. 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 180046309X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1800463097
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.85 x 2.06 x 19.84 cm

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Dilly

Enjoyable .... looking forward to next

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 March 2022

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Enjoyable timeshift detective novel set in the Maldon/Heybridge area of Essex with which I am familiar. Both stories kept me gripped, which isn't always the case with dual time lines. The similarities in the two main characters were well drawn, and made a seamless narrative. Hope the author has more novels planned as I would like to read further about William Constable

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Heather J.

A very good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2021

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I found this a very interesting book. Well researched. I particularly liked reading it as i lived in that area for 30 years. But even if you don’t know Maldon it is still a good book. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. Well done Paul Smith.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2021

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Fantastic story that ebbs and flows and leaves you constantly guessing. Highly recommended especially if from the Essex area of UK

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Mrs. Z. A. Hughes

Very Intruiging

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2022

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I am about quarter of the way through the book. Its a great first novel and I nearly forgot my tea in the oven whilst reading it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2022

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Great to read something a bit different. A bit of history and a bit of now, all set in a familiar place, with some gripping moments.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 June 2021

The Blackwater by Paul Smith
What drew me to this book was the location , having lived there for 10 years.
Maldon on the Blackwater estuary.
The book begins in 2014 and a follows DCI William Constable who is trying to catch an international drugs ring and help bring them down. It fails, and the case is put on the back burner, and he finds himself sent back to his own town of Maldon back on the beat.
We are then taken back to Maldon ( Maeldune ) in AD 991 , and follow the life of Wilheim . He works on the Salt pans for his slave master. ( Maldon Sea Salt ! )
What I really loved about the book was the way the story unfolds and interweaves through the two timelines and I found myself really wanting to know what happens in both their lives.
A very cleverly thought out story . Well done Paul Smith a master storyteller !

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paul sparks

Mystery with History 😀

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2021

I have worked in the Maldon area for the past 15 years and it was exciting and invigorating to read a book set in an area I know well, the story is engrossing and is as a much thriller as is it is a history lesson, the characters were believable and thankfully not your archetypal superhero cop which was a real pleasure

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Crimefictionfan

A modern day crime unearths reminders of a long ago Viking invasion.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2022

The recurring theme of reincarnation adds an uncanny, other-worldly element of tension and the battle scenes are all written with the flair and confidence of Bernard Cornwell.
Set in and around Maldon in 991 and 2014 two apparently separate stories collide in an emotional and breath-taking finale.

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