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.
eventually confesses to murdering his wife years ago and killing Nel Abbott to prevent her from discovering the truth during her research. Paul Hawkins Trouble In The Water
A local detective haunted by his own mother's drowning years earlier. He was secretly involved with Nel before her death. Local writer and single mother Nel Abbott is
The mystery unspools to reveal that the town’s tragedies are interconnected by family lies: gradually revealing a web of betrayal:
The narrative shifts between 11 different perspectives, gradually revealing a web of betrayal: