Cruel As the Grave — Meg Elizabeth Atkins

The body of an unknown woman is found in the River Chat near Miller's Bridge. What was she doing there? As Detective Chief Inspector Sheldon Hunter and his team begin to uncover what lies behind her death, they find themselves ever more deeply involved with the irreproachably genteel society of a small Cheshire town where, surely, nobody could have a motive for murder…could they?
Hunter soon has difficulty in reconciling his professional instincts with his growing attraction to Liz Farrell, the young woman at the heart of the mystery.