The Girl in the Water

The Girl in the Water
A J Grayson

The jaw-dropping new psychological thriller from the best selling author of The Boy in the ParkAmber is happy, she loves her husband David and their dog Sadie, she even loves her job as a junior editor on a local newspaper. But when the body of a young woman is found in a stretch of river near her home, Amber’s world begins to implode.The headaches that she has been struggling with seem to intensify and Amber begins to doubt her husband, why doesn’t he want to probe deeper into the story and why does she seem to have such a shaky hold on her own thoughts and memories?Amber begins to question everything she believes in and as she starts to probe deeper, her discovery will bring her ever closer to home…

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First published in Great Britain by Killer Reads 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008321024

Ebook Edition © July 2019 ISBN: 9780008321031

Version: 2019-03-04

Dedication (#u32299601-dcdc-5bf0-a0f2-3ea7f8e184e0)

To those who have suffered:

A tribute

For David who didn’t make it: the fondest of memories.

And for Rachael, once again.

Don’t give up.

Contents

Cover (#u41fa0015-dba0-52e0-9f93-c08348837eda)

Title Page (#uc1fd2c13-9a85-5ca0-adb5-d5bbc2d002d1)

Copyright

Dedication

He’s hiding something … (#uc570ae25-a101-5422-a6eb-a9b633e88992)

Prologue

Part One

Beginnings

Chapter 1. Amber

Chapter 2. Amber

Chapter 3. David

Chapter 4. Amber

Chapter 5. David

Chapter 6. Amber

Chapter 7. David

Chapter 8. Amber

Chapter 9. Amber

Chapter 10. David

Chapter 11

Chapter 12. Amber

Chapter 13. David

Chapter 14. Amber

Chapter 15. Amber

Chapter 16. David

Chapter 17. Amber