the Cry of Lake

A murder. A mermaid. A memory buried deep beneath the surface.When six-year-old Cassie sneaks out to catch a mermaid, she finds something far more terrifying-a dead body by the lake. In the chaos that follows, Cassie and her older sister Emily vanish into hiding, leaving a shattered family and a secret no one dares speak aloud.Years later, Cassie-now known as Lily-is mute, haunted by nightmares of weeping water spirits and forgotten violence. Emily, renamed Grace, is trying desperately to give them both a new life. But when a girl's body is found by the lake and an innocent man is accused, the past resurfaces with chilling force.Flo, the accused man's daughter, is determined to uncover the truth. But in a world of lies, manipulations, and warped love, nothing is as it seems. As the stories of two broken girls collide, a buried skeleton is unearthed-and with it, a reckoning, decades in the making.A dark and disturbing tale of fractured identities, inherited trauma and the devastating cost of silence-The Cry of the Lake will grip fans of Erin Kelly, Louise Jensen and Ruth Ware.

Pages: 288, Paperback, Bloodhound Books