This is the Water
Autor Yannick Murphyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2014
About a marriage. About a murder. In the brightly lit public pool the killer swims and watches.
Amongst the mothers cheering on their swim team daughters is Annie. Watching her two girls race, she's thinking of other things. Her husband's emotional distance.
Her lost brother. The man she's drawn to. Then she learns a terrible secret.
Now her everyday cares and concerns seem meaningless. Annie knows she has to act. Above all, she must protect her children.
Compulsively readable, it takes readers on a journey where none could guess the final outcome.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472210906
ISBN-10: 1472210905
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 130 x 197 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Headline
ISBN-10: 1472210905
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 130 x 197 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Headline
Notă biografică
Born and raised in New York, Yannick Murphy has an MA from New York University. She is the author of several novels for adults as well as short story collections and books for children. Her writing has won many prestigious awards, and she has talked about her work on radio, television and in person across the USA and Canada. She lives in Vermont. You can visit her website at www.yannickmurphy.com.
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At a swim meet in their quiet New England town, Annie watches as her daughters glide through the water. Her thoughts drift lazily from whether she fed her daughters enough carbs that morning to why her husband doesn't kiss her anymore, to Paul, a swim-team parent, who's taken notice of her and seems to embody everything she's beginning to think her life is missing.
When a girl on the team is murdered at a nearby highway rest stop—the same spot where Paul made a gruesome discovery years ago—Annie and her fellow swim-parents find themselves adrift. With a serial killer too close for comfort, they must make choices about where their loyalties lie. And as a series of shocking events unfolds, Annie must discover what it means to follow her intuition—even if love, as well as lives, could be lost.
When a girl on the team is murdered at a nearby highway rest stop—the same spot where Paul made a gruesome discovery years ago—Annie and her fellow swim-parents find themselves adrift. With a serial killer too close for comfort, they must make choices about where their loyalties lie. And as a series of shocking events unfolds, Annie must discover what it means to follow her intuition—even if love, as well as lives, could be lost.
Recenzii
“An inventive thriller set in suburbia -- and in the troubled minds of her characters. . . . Murphy proves skillful at generating a proper climate of dread . . . But her real accomplishment is her study of the anxieties reflected in the exacting rules of the club.” — New York Times Book Review
“A domestic tale and unlikely crime thriller, adds a striking new wrinkle to the author’s consistently surprising body of work. . . . Ms. Murphy excels at such intimate observations of everyday family life. . . . A pulse-raising thriller.” — Wall Street Journal
“Compelling. . . . Style and substance and swimming mesh perfectly into a page-turner that sweeps you along with the power of a winning breaststroke. . . . This is the Water is the perfect, refreshing drip in the pool for the dog days of summer.” — Boston Globe
“Murphy’s writing is disarming in that it captures the way people actually think. . . . An uncommon story. This Is The Water is quietly unlike anything else.” — A.V. Club, "A"
“Mesmerizing. . . . The resulting intimacy you develop with each character takes this book beyond compelling into seriously addictive: You feel as they feel, be it fear, loss, longing or that most gripping of all feelings, love. Do not miss it.” — Oprah.com, 7 Best Binge-Reads of Summer
“Obscenely suspenseful. . . . In Murphy’s hands, the structure becomes almost hypnotic--and when the story hits full speed in the final quarter, the suspense becomes almost excruciating.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Murphy seasons the rising tension with humor. . . . A different sort of murder yarn that boasts twists in both the style and the plot.” — Kirkus Reviews
“This Is the Water isn’t just a good airplane read. . . . Murphy’s hauntingly lovely writing will hold plenty of appeal for a broader audience.” — Mother Jones, The Best Books of 2014
“[A] propulsive, psychologically lush, witty, and unpredictable novel. . . . Murphy’s evocation of feverish competition, stressed marriages, and the shocking banality of a serial killer’s inner life coalesce in a novel of acute observation, penetrating imagination, and rare agility that is capped by a resounding denouement.” — Booklist (starred review)
“A gifted storyteller with an unusual, hypnotic voice. . . . The nuances of small-town life are superbly captured in prose reminiscent of Philip Roth, but it is menace that drives the story forward. Truly original, it casts a spell that lingers in your mind.” — Daily Mail (London)
“This Is the Water is a chilling combination of crime and domestic drama, and its effects linger.” — Shelf Awareness
“Almost unbearably suspenseful, this novel propels the reader mercilessly toward a stunning conclusion.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A suspenseful story about a serial killer stalking a high school girls swim team in a quiet New England town.” — The Daily News
“By skipping among the minds of many of her characters, and emphasizing the discrepancy between what they know at any given point in time and what the reader knows, Murphy amps up the suspense.” — Columbus Dispatch
“This is the Water offers a rare combination of literary merit and genuine suspense. It is lyrical and fluid, like the swimming pool that plays such a key role in its prose.” — Bookreporter.com
“A domestic tale and unlikely crime thriller, adds a striking new wrinkle to the author’s consistently surprising body of work. . . . Ms. Murphy excels at such intimate observations of everyday family life. . . . A pulse-raising thriller.” — Wall Street Journal
“Compelling. . . . Style and substance and swimming mesh perfectly into a page-turner that sweeps you along with the power of a winning breaststroke. . . . This is the Water is the perfect, refreshing drip in the pool for the dog days of summer.” — Boston Globe
“Murphy’s writing is disarming in that it captures the way people actually think. . . . An uncommon story. This Is The Water is quietly unlike anything else.” — A.V. Club, "A"
“Mesmerizing. . . . The resulting intimacy you develop with each character takes this book beyond compelling into seriously addictive: You feel as they feel, be it fear, loss, longing or that most gripping of all feelings, love. Do not miss it.” — Oprah.com, 7 Best Binge-Reads of Summer
“Obscenely suspenseful. . . . In Murphy’s hands, the structure becomes almost hypnotic--and when the story hits full speed in the final quarter, the suspense becomes almost excruciating.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Murphy seasons the rising tension with humor. . . . A different sort of murder yarn that boasts twists in both the style and the plot.” — Kirkus Reviews
“This Is the Water isn’t just a good airplane read. . . . Murphy’s hauntingly lovely writing will hold plenty of appeal for a broader audience.” — Mother Jones, The Best Books of 2014
“[A] propulsive, psychologically lush, witty, and unpredictable novel. . . . Murphy’s evocation of feverish competition, stressed marriages, and the shocking banality of a serial killer’s inner life coalesce in a novel of acute observation, penetrating imagination, and rare agility that is capped by a resounding denouement.” — Booklist (starred review)
“A gifted storyteller with an unusual, hypnotic voice. . . . The nuances of small-town life are superbly captured in prose reminiscent of Philip Roth, but it is menace that drives the story forward. Truly original, it casts a spell that lingers in your mind.” — Daily Mail (London)
“This Is the Water is a chilling combination of crime and domestic drama, and its effects linger.” — Shelf Awareness
“Almost unbearably suspenseful, this novel propels the reader mercilessly toward a stunning conclusion.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A suspenseful story about a serial killer stalking a high school girls swim team in a quiet New England town.” — The Daily News
“By skipping among the minds of many of her characters, and emphasizing the discrepancy between what they know at any given point in time and what the reader knows, Murphy amps up the suspense.” — Columbus Dispatch
“This is the Water offers a rare combination of literary merit and genuine suspense. It is lyrical and fluid, like the swimming pool that plays such a key role in its prose.” — Bookreporter.com