Education Is Important But Fishing Is More Importanter: Fishing Log Recording Catches

1942: Three young women are operating a pair of narrow boats on the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham as war-work. Then a girl is raped and murdered.
2005: DC Max Eden has transferred from the Metropolitan Police in London to the Warwickshire Police at Nuneaton, a sleepy town in 'Middle England' after a messy affair that has resulted in disciplinary proceedings. Then a body is found buried in a shallow grave by the canal near Nuneaton.

The stories of these two deaths are intertwined and lead to further deaths...