Nel’s estranged sister, Jules , returns to Beckford to care for Nel’s 15-year-old daughter, Lena . Jules is haunted by childhood trauma and a deep-seated fear of the water.
The narrative shifts between 11 different perspectives, gradually revealing a web of betrayal: Paul Hawkins Trouble In The Water
The story is set in the fictional English town of , which has a centuries-long history of women drowning in a local river. Nel’s estranged sister, Jules , returns to Beckford
Local writer and single mother Nel Abbott is found dead in the Drowning Pool, just months after a teenage girl named Katie also drowned there. Local writer and single mother Nel Abbott is
A local detective haunted by his own mother's drowning years earlier. He was secretly involved with Nel before her death.
The mystery unspools to reveal that the town’s tragedies are interconnected by family lies: