1989 The Dalmatian coast. The investigation into a young woman's disappearance falters as Yugoslavia plunges into civil war. Another three decades will pass before the truth is revealed. Inspector Gorki sain, haunted by his failure to unravel the case the first time, returns to solve the crime in 2017

Jurica Pavicic (born 1965) is a Croatian writer, scriptwriter, and journalist, living in Split. He has written seven novels, two collections of short stories and essays. His work has been translated into five languages, but Red Water is his first novel to be translated into English. .