"When two fishermen discover a corpse floating in the river, profiler Violet Darger heads to rural Oregon to hunt another serial killer. What she discovers in the woods might change the course of her life. What secrets does the water conceal? The girl in the water marks the third such case in the area--all drowned with superficial stab wounds and discovered in a body of water--and Darger feels certain she won't be the last" --,Back cover.