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The Water's Lovely The Water's Lovely Ruth Rendell When Ismay and Heather's stepfather was discovered dead in the bathtub nine years ago, the police concluded the drowning was an accident. But Ismay has always silently suspected that Heather might ha… OL12166W
Drowning Ruth Drowning Ruth Christina Schwarz Worn out from nursing soldiers at a Milwaukee hospital and struggling to recover from a traumatic love affair, Amanda Starkey returns to her family's rural Wisconsin farm to stay with her beloved sis… OL15859271W
No mark upon her No mark upon her Deborah Crombie This mystery novel embroils Kincaid and James in the case of the puzzling drowning of a rower, a Met detective, on the Thames. It is twisting tale of psychological suspense, a story rich in deadly se… OL16634738W
The captive condition The captive condition Kevin P. Keating "A seemingly idyllic Midwestern college town turns out to be a nexus of horror in this spellbinding novel--emotionally and psychologically complex, at once chilling and deliciously dark--from a thril… OL17906967W
Now You See Her Now You See Her Joy Fielding Marcy Taggert lost her 21-year-old daughter, Devon, in a canoeing accident last year. But because Devon's body was never recovered from the waters, Marcy has found it difficult to come to terms with … OL20338292W
LOOK FOR HER LOOK FOR HER EMILY WINSLOW Annalise Wood has haunted the town of Lilling near Cambridge for decades. She went missing in 1976 and while her body was found years later, her name and memory have been etched into the community. O… OL20810827W
Kittyhawk down Kittyhawk down Garry Disher Inspector Hal Challis of the Peninsula Police Force is called in to investigate a series of possibly related crimes along with the disappearance of a two-year-old girl and a drowning victim in the sm… OL2358913W
The truth game The truth game Janet Tanner Six-year-old Kate is hiding on the stairs, watching and listening. Mischievous Auntie Sandra asks Trish which of her children she loves best, and Trish blurts out, 'I love all of my children equally.… OL24304660W
Till human voices wake us Till human voices wake us Patti Davis "Isabelle Berendon dove into blue water to save her son. She was too late. Again and again in her dreams she dives in, hoping this time it will be different. He will breathe and live. But again and a… OL24418684W
The death of Amy Parris The death of Amy Parris T. R. Bowen When Amy Parris's body turned up on a bleak Norfolk beach a year after she was lost at sea, two people knew it was not the tidy solution it seemed. One of them would soon be dead. DCI Gio Jones has t… OL26285009W
River of secrets River of secrets Griselda Gifford Fran is very upset when her mother remarries and the family moves to live at her gran's old home - Her gran had recently been found dead in the river and Fran is sure that her death was no accident. OL26413215W
Riders to the sea Riders to the sea J. M. Synge It must have been on Synge's second visit to the Aran Islands that he had the experience out of which was wrought what many believe to be his greatest play. The scene of Riders to the Sea is laid in… OL27930W
Cold Flat Junction Cold Flat Junction Martha Grimes Martha Grimes's Hotel Paradise was hailed by Booklist as "superb...beyond genre...one of the year's best." Now, Grimes returns to the same small town, intertwining the threads of one young girl's une… OL464357W
El ahogado más hermoso del mundo El ahogado más hermoso del mundo Gabriel García Márquez Text of a short story by the notable Colombian author accompanied by photographs recreating the tale. OL468775W
Head Above Water Head Above Water Stefano Bortolussi Italian writer Cardo Maraini is a cauldron of contradictions. Plagued by guilt over the drowning of his younger brother, he is strangely terrified by life. When the Norwegian woman he loves becomes p… OL6029206W
Blackwater Blackwater Eve Bunting When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident. OL97576W