Notes on a Drowning
‘A high-octane, page-turning thriller’ Jennie Godfrey
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Notes on a Drowning
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Anna Sharpe
About this listen
Alex risks losing her job if she takes on more unpaid legal work, but then comes a case she can't refuse. A young girl's lifeless body has been dragged from the Thames and her sister is convinced it wasn't an accident. Still haunted by the disappearance of her own sister Alex begins to investigate.
Kat has worked hard to become Special Adviser to the Home Secretary and is determined to keep dark events from her youth in the past. But when she discovers a series of cover-ups, and a letter that raises questions about a drowned girl, Kat wonders if her seemingly perfect boss could be involved.
As Alex and Kat delve deeper, it becomes clear that other girls are at risk. Can the women overcome their differences and uncover the full story in time to save them? Or will the powerful men pulling the strings silence them for good?
Readers love Notes on a Drowning:
'Powerful' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Gripping'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'High-octane' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Grabs you' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Atmospheric' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Timely' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐©2025 The Short Storyteller Ltd
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Critic reviews
A propulsive, authentic, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller, written with biting wit and real heart
A sharp sense of the realities of power in modern Britain
My kind of thriller: pacy, absorbing and smart, with great characters and brilliant dialogue on every page. I loved it!
Her characters actually speak like real people - a rarity in thrillers - and her depiction of the men who do as they please in the corridors of power and behind the shutters of Mayfair has the tang of righteous anger.
A witty and warm political thriller (Adele Parks)
Whip-smart political thriller... A brilliantly pacy page-turner with a deeply compassionate centre. Topical and thought-provoking. (Matt Nixson)
Razor-sharp writing, a gripping plot and a level of authenticity that comes straight from years of legal experience right at the coal face. Highly recommended.
A whip-smart thriller, and I adored Alex... Both gripping and compassionate, I really hope this is a series, and it would be perfect for TV.
A whip-smart, taut thriller from the pen of the brilliant Anna Sharpe about powerful people behaving badly, written with compassion for their victims as well as an astute eye for the world of politics and the law. What is the connection between a dead Moldovan girl found floating in the Thames and a young woman's experiences in Tokyo years earlier? It zips along like a high-end Netflix drama you can't help but binge. Out in January!
I loved Notes on a Drowning... A tense political thriller but one that never forgets its heart. A new venture from mega-talented Anna Sharpe. Read it!
A rare thing - a high-octane, page turning thriller, but with characters who are fully rounded (Jennie Godfrey)
Thought-provoking, timely, and elegant in execution... a novel that marries the intelligence of legal noir with the tension of a cutting-edge thriller... Simply outstanding.
Anna Sharpe is a masterful storyteller. Here, she crafts a riveting account of corruption at the dark heart of Westminster. Smart, propulsive and horrifyingly believable, Notes on a Drowning explores the cowardice of the powerful and the courage of those they subjugate. Along with a shockingly timely theme, I found not one but two of that ever-elusive heroine: tough and resilient but also human and relatable. I desperately hope to see Alex and Kat again. (Kia Abdullah)
A compelling, emotional and unputdownable thriller
A timely and hugely entertaining political thriller written with humour and sensitivity, and an important story at its heart. Anna Sharpe has created something fresh and new, and I can't wait for the next one.
Smart, sharp, and restlessly entertaining with dialogue that dances off the page, Notes on a Drowning is riveting from the get-go. Loved this trip into the seedy underbelly of politics and corruption.
Excellent!
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Grippingly brilliant
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Gripping story and so beautifully told
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Did someone in the publishers office shoehorn in an inappropriate reference to ‘sex work is work’?
Good characters, fast pace.
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