Freezing - Hardcover

A nameless girl has drowned in the Thames. Her body is brought to the London morgue where Stewart Park works as a photographer.
Stewart's own appearance is off-putting and, even worse, he stutters so badly that those he meets cannot discover his good nature, sensitivity and intelligence. He has had a lonely life, burdened by a father who is bizarre and predatory, a sister who is in an abusive relationship, and his nephews Lee and Lenny, whom he loves and tries to protect from the terrors of their home. His solace has been the elaborate fantasy computer game he plays whose hero is named Dustraiser.
Now, obsessed by the need to discover the identity of the beautiful victim and the reason she met with an untimely end, Stewart finds his life changing.