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It's summer when Elm Hill lido opens, having stood empty for years. For Natalie Steele, it offers freedom and leads her to Lara Channing, a charismatic former actress who seems all too happy to invite Natalie into her elite circle.

Soon Natalie is spending long days at the pool, basking in popularity. But is it too good to be true? Why are dark memories of a summer long ago now threatening to surface? Could Natalie have been swept dangerously out of her depth?

©2016 Louise Candlish (P)2016 Recorded Books Inc Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction

Critic reviews

"Exquisitely written and addictively dark, The Swimming Pool is sheer perfection." (Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go)
"Gripping from start to finish, it wrapped itself around me and swept me along in its wake. I loved it and simply did not want it to end." (Rosanna Ley)
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I am fast becoming a devotee of Candlish this is my third of her books and I seem to enjoy each one more. There is a similar premise behind all I have read and that is portrayed in the characters Glimpsing some alternative existence that is both seductive and toxic. I love the way candlish uses buildings and neighbourhoods to create this and the way she populates her books with such exotic and ordinary characters juxtaposed together to play off each other. This book was very clever and the end twist totally unexpected. I also enjoyed the narration which was perfect in tone and intensity. I would easily recommend this book.

Throughly entertaining and beautifully written

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I Just loved it! A nicely Different take on the genre, the characters were very compelling :) it kept me guessing till the very end.

Loved it

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Read it in two days. Absolutely loved it. A great holiday read. Would highly recomend.

Brilliant

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What did you like most about The Swimming Pool?

I enjoyed this as a holiday listen but I found the ending was a bit longwinded. The rest was good though and well narrated.

Holiday listen

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The narrator has a very pronounced lisp and it’s very distracting. Ruins the book for me.

A very obvious lisp from the narrator

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