Still Waters (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

Razor-sharp and mesmerizingly eerie--with one of the most clever and ruthless villains to appear in ages--"Still Waters "is a stunning start to an exciting new crime series.
DCI Mark Lapslie is called in when the decayed body of an elderly woman is unearthed. The body provides few clues, beyond the fact that the murderer had a deadly knowledge of household plants. The dearth of evidence is not Lapslie's only problem. He's just returned to the force after a year trying to overcome the worst symptoms of his synesthesia, a neurological condition that causes him to "taste" sound. The murder appears to be the work of a serial killer who could strike again at any moment, so Lapslie has to find a way to make his synasethsia work "for "him, not "against "him. Otherwise the next life taken could be his own.