The Drowning: A Novel

The story starts with a group of young boys sitting around a campfire. The cam counselors are also there .... telling the kids about an urban legend. A man would kidnap a child every 7 years. That should be scary enough, but reality is much more frightening. Twenty years ago a camp counselor punished a young boy by putting him on a raft in the middle of the lake ... then promptly forgot all about him. The young boy disappeared, presumably drowned. That brings the reader to the present. The camp counselor has made a great life for himself... he's wealthy, a beautiful home, a loving wife and children. But someone wants him to remember the little boy who drowned. Someone remembers the boy terror ..and wants the counselor to share in that terror today. This is a dark psychological thriller, well-written, with finely drawn characters. The suspense starts on page 1 and doesn't let up until the very last page. The ending came as a surprise and I find myself still thinking about it. I highly recommend THE DROWNING for anyone who likes psychological thrillers. Many thanks to the author / SourceBooks Landmark / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of THE DROWNING. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

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