By the Master of Horror, in James Herbert's The Jonah

Detective Jim Kelso is sent to a small coastal town to investigate drug smuggling and stumbles on a dangerous organization.

Suddenly more than just his life is at stake

It’s his past, his future, his sanity. Through torture and drugs he discovers the terrifying secret of The Jonah. And learns, in the most horrifying way, that it can destroy him as well as others . . .