A STARRED review from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY for IN THE DEEP! (thank you!)
This stunning thriller from White (The Dark Bones) opens in February 2021 at theA STARRED review from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY for IN THE DEEP! (thank you!)
This stunning thriller from White (The Dark Bones) opens in February 2021 at the New South Wales, Australia, supreme court, where Ellie Cresswell-Smith is about to stand trial for the murder of her real-estate mogul husband, Martin. Flash back 16 months to the Agnes Basin, New South Wales, where senior constable Lozza Bianchi retrieves Martin’s stabbed, mutilated body from the sea. In another flashback, to early 2019, Ellie and Martin meet in Vancouver, Canada. Wealthy Ellie, who’s recovering from the drowning of her three-year-old daughter and a divorce, is smitten. Ellie marries Martin in Las Vegas, Nev., and they move to New South Wales, where she invests heavily in his resort development there. Meanwhile, she must deal with giant bats, poisonous jellyfish, and spiders, as well as Martin’s physical abuse and probable infidelity. The trial, Lozza’s investigation, and the events leading up to Martin’s murder are told in superbly imagined alternating narratives. Convincing character development and a denouement worthy of Agatha Christie make this a winner. White has outdone herself. Agent: Amy Tannenbaum: Jane Rotrosen Agency. (Oct.)
And THANK YOU KIRKUS for the fabulous review! ' A satisfyingly creepy psychological thriller. '
"A troubled heiress is charged with the murder of her newlywed husband.
Two years after the drowning of her young daughter and the subsequent collapse of her marriage, Ellie Tyler is beginning to put her life back together. She meets Martin Cresswell-Smith, a property developer, in the lobby of the hotel her family owns in Vancouver following a disastrous dinner with her father. Martin seems to offer all that Ellie needs: a second chance after years of self-medicating through her depression and a bit of romance. Ellie ignores slight indications that Martin might not be all he claims to be and offers to become an investment partner in his struggling plans for a resort development in Australia, which she can fund because of her father’s wealth. The two marry quickly, but once Ellie arrives in Australia, everything unravels. Death threats toward the couple signal the resort is clearly not wanted by the community, and Martin becomes abusive. Ellie suspects he might be drugging her to disorient her. But before she can determine what to do, Martin’s brutally stabbed and tortured body is found floating in the marsh he owns, and Ellie becomes the prime suspect. In her latest thriller, White deftly shifts from the present-day murder trial to flashbacks of Ellie and Martin’s relationship, as well as from Ellie’s point of view to that of Lozza Bianchi, the local police officer investigating the murder. This page-turner is tightly written with a moody sense of place in the small coastal community, but it is the numerous twists that will keep readers thoroughly absorbed.
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