We’ve read a lot of murder mysteries off the beaten track this year but by far Dinuka Mckenzie’s 'The Torrent' stood out to Herds as the closest to the beating heart of what we do here on Death of the Reader. The Torrent is such a fantastic tale with how it takes the typical tropes of a police drama and turns them on their head, we’re all familiar with the cop just one week from breaking retirement, but how many of us are familiar with the cop just one week from breaking their water?