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Down by the Water

By: Elle Connel
Narrated by: Natalie Pela
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One photo. Seven friends. And a strange face, none of them recognise.

"I loved it - a classy and clever subversion of a country house mystery" Harriet Tyce

**A Sunday Times crime book of the month**

A group of old friends gather at a remote Scottish castle, one last weekend before Georgie's wedding. Down at the loch, they take a group photo - but what they see stops them cold.

Because there's a stranger behind them.

None of them saw him, and nobody knows where he went. They're miles from the nearest town. Where did he come from, and where did he go?

As the weekend unravels and terrible secrets come to light, it soon becomes clear that their perfect weekend is turning into a perfect nightmare. They're desperate to leave - but someone won't let them.


A page-turning thriller perfect for fans of Catherine Cooper's THE CHALET and Lucy Foley's THE HUNTING PARTY.

Praise for Down By The Water:

"Down By The Water takes the reader on a weekend trip from hell... I loved the classy writing and ever-growing sense of unease in this clever subversion of a classic country house mystery" - Harriet Tyce
"A chilling drama" Sunday Times
"Sinister and atmospheric" - Chris Brookmyre
"Tense, mesmerising and heartbreaking, I was truly gripped" - Susi Holliday
"A gripping mystery." - Nathan Ripley

©2021 Elle Connel (P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction
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This was a gripping and strange book - strange because I never knew where it was going, and that made it all the more intriguing.
Elle Connel very skilfully sketches this reunion of university friends, and with their brittle, self-conscious conversations you feel early on that they are having to try too hard to enjoy themselves. Why are they at this hen party together at all? And how well do these friends actually know each other?
It looked as if it might turn out a ghost story, or a gothic horror, or a thriller - but that would have been a lesser book!
This was a very satisfying work, beautifully read (although maybe it could have done with less dramatic emphasis on every single use of the word ‘then’) and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Gripping

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The story of a hen party of university friends in a castle in Scotland. I don’t know why I persevered with this tale. None of the women were likeable. All privileged and entitled they droned on. There was a loch involved in which a twin sister had drowned and by the end I wished they had all jumped in the loch especially the bride to be. Her fiancé was the lover of the drowned sister who had borne his child - I think but by this time I was losing the will to live. Sorry it was awful

Dire

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