JOANNA CANNONāBeautiful and brutalā¦ a breathtaking debutā
DAILY MAILāDark, lyricalā¦ impressiveā
GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGāAn atmospheric slow burnā¦ with a sense of forboding that grows with each pageā
KATE SAWYERāAtmospheric and compellingā
A beautifully written atmospheric story of trauma, grief and redemption, is a debut from a bright new voice in literary fiction.Still Water
When Jane Douglas returns to the Shetland Islands, she thinks she has escaped the dark shadows of her childhood. She carves out a simple life on the bleak, windswept island, working at the salmon fishery and spending quiet evenings at home. And for the first time in her life, sheās happy.
Then the body of Janeās long-missing mother is found in a flooded quarry. Her mother disappeared when Jane was a teenager, following the death of Janeās baby brother. Jane has spent her life running from her past, living in fear that she has inherited her motherās demons. Now, Jane must face what actually happened on that fateful, tragic day twenty years agoā¦
KATIE MUNNIKāA haunting storyā¦ told with compassion and even tendernessā
LUCIE MCKNIGHT HARDYāIntense, unflinching, honestā¦ beautifully toldā