Omg......... this book was amazing I flew threw the pages with Olympic speed I was hooked from the very first page. I found it full of twists and turns threw out and it kept me on the edge of my seat all the way threw  I would defiantly recommend this book if you like a good book to keep you reading threw the night hopefully you enjoy it as much as I did

This book is very, very wordy -- and not only is the word count excessive, but the word choice itself is consistently florid. And the characters! I wonder if the author was hoping to offer insight into trauma-induced mental illness, but Amber and David instead seemed self-absorbed and shallow.

Thanks to NetGalley and One More Chapter for an advance readers copy. Sorry it took me two years to get through it.

All of us have things from our past we want to forget. Imagine if it all comes rushing back, and you can't trust the people closest to you anymore. This was a good entertaining read, and recommended for anyone who likes a good solid read.

A great read! Enjoyed the twists and tension throughout. Looking forward to reading more from the author.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book but....it just didn’t do it for me.
This book had the potential to be a very good mystery/thriller but with a slow moving story line, unlikeable characters, and a predictable plot; it fell flat. This book felt like a chore to read, but because I can’t stand to not finish a book I’ve started I pushed on until the very predictable boring end.
All in all, I’m sure this would be a great read for those who aren’t looking for a fresh unpredictable mystery & instead want a familiar story.

I love the cover of this book. The description is great and I immediately requested it. It seemed like something I would love. I read about 5-6 chapter, but really struggled to get into the story. I grew impatient with it and eventually did not finish it. Sadly, the hook just wasn't strong enough.

Great book! I was hooked from the start, thank you so much for providing me a copy of this book to read. This is something I would love to purchase.

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I would firstly like to thank Netgalley and the publishers for allowing me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a first read from this author and honestly I was very disappointed.
I did finish the book, but it took me so long to get through it - purely because it didn't grip me at all. The premise of the story certainly had potential, but it just took so long to get anyway. Massively slow-paced, predictable characters, and an unexciting story, I found myself falling asleep while reading several times.
I still will give this author's other book a read, but this one definitely wasn't for me.

Thank you NetGalley and One More Chapter for the advanced copy of this book
I struggled for a bit with this, but then started to enjoy and then didn't - I'm not really sure how I felt about this.
The bok covered some dark and sinister topics but I wanted it to be more your typical mystery/thriller and for me it wasn't. The story was too slow and I hoped that at the end it would all fit together but it fell short for me. I wanted more.
Read if you have time. .

I'll admit, I didn't finish this one. I found the twists and turns predictable, and I feel like I've read this thriller a thousand times. I wanted to love this one, like I want to love every thriller I read! Unfortunately, it just didn't work. I need either an engaging plot or characters and this wasn't that.

I would like to thank the One more chapter editions and the Netgalley website for allowing me to read this book.

This book is the new psychological thriller from the author of "The boy in the park". Once you start, you won't let go of the book.

It features Amber living a happy life with David, her husband and their dog. She's an assistant editor at a local newspaper. Until the day a young woman's body is found by the river on her way home, her life is turned upside down. She will have doubts about her husband. And the more she investigates, the closer her suspicions will get to home.

A book read in one go, so much so that I hooked on to the story, so captivating, addictive, full of suspense and twists and turns with endearing characters.

Author AJ Grayson published the novel “The Girl in the Water” in 2019. This is his second novel.

I categorize this novel as “R” because it contains scenes of Violence, Mature Language, and Mature Situations. The story is set in rural America. The primary character is young and married Amber. She works in a book shop in Santa Rosa, CA, and lives in nearby Windsor.

When she reads of a woman's body is found the mystery begins to torment her. She has been dealing with terrible headaches. These seem to be getting worse. Her husband David is not being supportive of her.
The more she investigates the worse she feels. She also begins to have doubts about her husband. Is he lying to her? She discovers things about him and herself that would have been best staying hidden.

The 7.5+ hours I spent reading this 307-page mystery novel were interesting. I thought it had possibilities, but for me, the plot was very slow and dull. It did have an interesting twist to it. The story was full of Amber's mental anguish and told a dark story. I did not reach the end of this novel nearly soon enough. I do not think much of the cover art. I give this novel a 3.3 (rounded down to a 3) out of 5.

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Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC for this book in exchange for an honest review. Not a great book but it was an ok read. I will look for other books to read from this author.

I forgot to write a review after I had read this book and have now forgotten most of the plot and what happened in this book. I do remember this book being dull and the ending wasn't that shocking to me.

Thank you to Netgalley, Harper Impulse and Killer Reads for this é-copy in return for my honest review. Plenty of twists and turns to keep me guessing. Engaging and Engrossing.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book. A full review will be posted on Amazon and Goodreads

Sadly I could not get into this book.
I found it very predictable and I could not connect or like any of the characters.
Unfortunately I could not finish which I never do but I found it very mundane.

This book touched on some dark, heavy and sinister topics that can be triggers for some readers. I wanted this book to be dark but more in line with your typical mystery/thriller plots and not for the reasons it was. The story moved slowly and it felt as though it would be a slow build, that come the end, all the little pieces would fit together and everything would 'click'. Unfortunately, the ending fell short for me. I wanted more out of this plot line and the characters.

Just could not get into this one. Kept wanting to fall asleep. Predictable characters and boring mundane plotline. No thank you.