A devastating flood hits a Yorkshire town, leaving three people dead – one, an unidentified man, is found in a lift in a flooded underground car park. PC Jo Marshall, a dedicated officer who is about to embark on a training course to become a detective, is first on the scene. It’s initially assumed the man became trapped in the rising flood waters – but the assumption’s wrong: he actually died several days earlier. With her colleagues slow to act, and with her maternity leave fast approaching, Jo becomes obsessed with the case. Convinced he was murdered; Jo takes drastic steps to get to the truth and prove her worth as a detective – but the consequences will change her life forever. AFTER THE FLOOD is a climate change mystery thriller set in a town where floods threaten to expose ongoing deceptions, and where fortunes and reputations are at stake - the question is: how far have people gone already to protect those interests - and how far will they go in the future?