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The Drowning Kind

The Drowning Kind 1

by Jennifer McMahon
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/01/2021
5/5 Rating 1 Review

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A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2021

In this "blisteringly suspenseful tale that will keep you up at night" (Wendy Webb, author of Daughters of the Lake), a woman returns to the old family home after her sister mysteriously drowns in its swimming ​pool...but she's not the pool's only victim.

Be careful what you wish for.

When Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it's just another one of her sister's episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. But the next day, Lexie is dead: drowned in the pool at their grandmother's estate. When Jax arrives at the house to go through her sister's things, she learns that Lexie was researching the history of their family and the property. And as she dives deeper into the research herself, she discovers that the land holds a far darker past than she could have ever imagined.

In 1929, thirty-seven-year-old newlywed Ethel Monroe hopes desperately for a baby. In an effort to distract her, her husband whisks her away on a trip to Vermont, where a natural spring is showcased by the newest and most modern hotel in the Northeast. Once there, Ethel learns that the water is rumored to grant wishes, never suspecting that the spring takes in equal measure to what it gives.

A modern-day ghost story that illuminates how the past, though sometimes forgotten, is never really far behind us, The Drowning Kind "is satisfying on every level: Marvelously chilling, elegantly written, a true page-turner" (Janelle Brown, New York Times bestselling author).

ISBN:
9781982153922
9781982153922
Category:
Horror & ghost stories
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-01-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Gallery Books
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4x30.48mm
Weight:
0.49kg

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There’s just something about deep, dark water that always sends a shiver of fear down my spine. You’d think I’d completely avoid it. And I do. Unless it’s the promise of a horror story. It’s been a long while since I’ve picked up a book in this genre but after a lot of lighter romance books, I was ready for something twisty and dark. The Drowning Kind was the perfect choice.

Jackie was an eye opening character for me. Some of the emotions she felt towards her family were unflattering of her character, and yet I empathize with her and could totally understand why she would feel the way she did. When she felt the shame of her emotions, I too felt the shame in understanding her. It was a twisted connection I’ve not experienced with a heroine before. And that is where I truly began to fall into the story.

The pacing of this story was perfect for the plot as the tension slowly builds and with each step of the way the fear begins to escalate until I found myself hesitant to turn the page. If ever a book made me feel as if I were watching it on a movie screen, this was it. I truly expected something to jump out at me at various points throughout the story.

I read this through in one morning and was glad I hadn’t started it the night before. Not because I would have stayed up reading it all night, which I would have done. But because I wouldn’t have been able to turn any lights off and I definitely wouldn’t have gotten any sleep afterwards. If you like non gory horror, come on in...the water’s fine.

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