The river gives up its secrets, but someone will kill to keep them... When the headless body of a man is pulled from the Thames at the Royal Docks, East London, no one knows who he is-or why he was murdered. But when his identity is finally revealed, DI Erica Swift's team is shaken to the core. With Erica sidelined by her battle with cancer, DS Shawn Turner has been leading the investigation. Yet this discovery pulls Erica back into the fold, giving her a reason she cannot ignore. Meanwhile, a woman fleeing her violent husband struggles to protect her young son. Alone and desperate, she's lured into the shadows of London's criminal underworld-where danger waits at every turn. As paths converge, secrets unravel, and loyalties are tested, one question remains: how is this woman's desperate fight for survival connected to the drowned man in the Thames? Gripping, atmospheric, and deeply human, The Drowned Man is a taut new chapter in the DI Erica Swift series.