The Water's Lovely (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by:
Ruth Rendell (author)
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 have had something to do with it. Now they're older and their lives seem to be moving happily...
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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 have had something to do with it. Now they're older and their lives seem to be moving happily forward. But when Heather becomes seriously involved with a man for the first time, Ismay's long-repressed memories can no longer be ignored. With painful inevitability, Ismay learns that she may not able to keep the dark truth hidden forever.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307388018 (0307388018)
Publish date: August 12th 2008
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 356
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Detective,
Family,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Psychological Thriller
It was okay. I've read other Rendells I liked better. The plot was predictable, but her characters were good, as always.
These days my sole criterion for a good book is whether it can draw me in enough that I don't notice the names of the subway stops on my long commute. This one passed the test. The "big reveal" was nothing special - I had it as my primary hypothesis before the half-way mark of the book. And I was un...
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