The Jonah by James Herbert
A re-issue of a book first published in 1981, this suspense-horror novel features a drugs squad police officer trying to solve a mystery in a quiet coastal town. In the process he is forced to confront the mystery of his own strange life. Herbert has over 20 million copies of his books in print. His other titles include The Rats, Lair, The Fog, The Dark, The Survivor and Sepulchre.