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Something in the Water

By: Catherine Steadman
Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
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 ‘Pure adrenaline: I swallowed this book whole’ ERIN KELLY, author of top ten bestseller He Said/She Said
‘A stunning debut … Superbly written, clever and engrossing’ B A PARIS, author of Behind Closed Doors
The perfect couple commit the perfect crime in this New York Times bestselling thriller, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick!

This unabridged audio version is read by the author, Catherine Steadman.

Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough; Mark a handsome investment banker with a bright future. They seem to have it all, until Mark loses his job and cracks start to appear in their perfect life.

But they’re determined to make it work. They book their dream honeymoon and trust that things will work out – after all, they have each other.

On the tropical island of Bora Bora Mark takes Erin scuba diving. Mark is with her – she knows he’ll keep her safe. Everything will be fine. Until they find something in the water.

Erin and Mark decide to keep their discovery a secret -- after all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events... which will endanger everything they hold dear.

*~*~*Praise for SOMETHING IN THE WATER*~*~*

'A real page-turner!' New York Times

'A thriller for our times ... Catherine Steadman is a fresh and playful new voice and I can’t wait to see where her imagination takes her next' Louise Candlish, author of Our House

'An unputdownable story’ Amy Engel, author of The Roanoke Girls

‘A fascinating moral dilemma, a fast-paced examination of the slippery slope and the precarious foundations our middle-class lives are built on’ Gillian McAllister, author of Everything but the Truth

‘An unbearably tense debut with a knockout premise … thrilling and thought-provoking’ Riley Sager, author of Final Girls

‘Brilliant’ Catherine Isaac, author of You Me Everything ©2018 Catherine Steadman. All rights reserved (P)2018 Simon & Schuster, UK. All Rights Reserved. Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Exciting Dream

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'A thriller for our times... Catherine Steadman is a fresh and playful new voice and I can’t wait to see where her imagination takes her next' (Louise Candlish, author of The Swimming Pool and Our House)

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I found this to have a good storyline that could easily translate to a film in future. Nice twists along the way. I would say that it was a bit too descriptive in parts and could have been edited down a fair bit without losing anything in the plot detail.

The writer has narrated this herself and I found that the main character sounded completely bland throughout - without character so to speak. There was also a clicking sound through parts of the recording. This made it a hard listen to be honest, but I persevered because the story was good.

Good story line

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After a run of dull books, this one was a doozie - a shoal of red herrings and lots of tension, really good read!

Really enjoyed this

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I loved this book and took a couple of days to finish it. I’ve had a few audio books recently that I’ve been disappointed with so it was wonderful to find something that restored my faith in audiobooks. It was well written, gripping and very exciting. My only slight criticism is that the saliva and swallowing noises were quite loud during the narration. It was slightly off putting in places. However the author (who narrated the book herself) has a fantastic voice and is perfect for the main character.

Amazing, gripping narrative

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I couldn't stop listening to this and it was read so fluently. Lots of twists and turns.. The decisions they made wouldn't have been the decisions I would have made but I had to keep listening to see what happened.. I would have preferred not to know what happened in the first chapter but I can see that all the way through you are wondering how this came about

Loved it

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Brilliant. Good story and not too predictable. Great narration and really informative, I loved the descriptions and how in depth it was

Brilliant. Good story and not too predictable

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