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Beneath the surface lie forgotten secrets....

A village destroyed

It’s the summer of 1935, and 11-year-old Stella Walker is preparing to leave her home forever. Forced to evacuate to make way for a new reservoir, the village of Brackendale Green will soon be lost. But before the water has even reached them, a dreadful event threatens to tear Stella’s family apart.

An uncovered secret

Present day, and a fierce summer has dried up the lake and revealed the remnants of the deserted village. Now an old woman, Stella begs her granddaughter Laura to make the journey she can’t. She’s sure the village still holds answers for her, but with only days until the floodwaters start to rise again, Laura is in a race against time to solve the mysteries of Stella’s almost forgotten past.

Haunting and evocative, The Drowned Village reaches across the decades in an unforgettable tale of love, loss and family.

©2018 Kathleen McGurl (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Village

Critic reviews

"The Drowned Village with its dual timelines is a compelling story which drew me straight in and kept me hooked until the past met the future in a satisfying ending. Look forward to reading more from this author." (Linda Finlay, author of The Flower Seller)

"Really touching, a gently gripping mystery. Made me desperate to visit the Lake District!" (Kerry Barrett)
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Thoroughly enjoyed this book by Kathleen McGurl. I have read quite a few books by this author and have enjoyed them all but this has to be one of my favourites.
They way the author writes between two timelines is clever as always. I highly recommend this book as a good read.

The Drowned Village

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Very hard to put down, just keeps pulling you back in.
Great story, great narration.

Loved it, as usual.

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the voices for some of the characters were not to my liking , Jessie as a child, and stuart were my most disliked

the whole story was so realistic and believeable

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Another compulsive, easy listening story. Narrated very well, my only critiscm being that Laura's and all the male characters voices were unconvincing, but enjoyable, nevertheless.

Yet another winner from Kathleen McGurl.

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loved the story and the characters. very sad for the story to fish.thought some of the characters voices could have been better

enjoyable

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