Beneath Still Waters

Beneath Still Waters

by Matthew DePesa

In the eerie quiet of Ashmoor Hollow, the past never truly stays buried.

When Claire Ellison returns to her childhood hometown after a decade away, she hopes to find solitude-and maybe inspiration-for her next novel. But the lake holds secrets, and Ashmoor Hollow is anything but quiet. On her first night back, Claire receives a chilling text quoting a line from her unpublished manuscript. The next morning, a body is found floating in the lake... arranged exactly as she had written.

As the pages of her fiction begin to bleed into real life, Claire is pulled into a deadly game with someone who knows her story-and intends to finish it, chapter by horrifying chapter. Her only ally is Jack Marlowe, the town's rugged sheriff and the man she left behind. Together, they must uncover the truth before the killer writes the final scene.

Taut with tension, rich in atmosphere, and simmering with second-chance romance, Beneath Still Waters is a haunting, emotional thriller that will keep you breathless until the final page.