I enjoyed this novel and it's exploration of the past which has built a 'perfect' current and shaped an interesting future. Drowning with Others has murder mystery at its heart and is built up through mystery and suspense in the main characters.
I enjoyed the writing style and would definitely read more from this author despite the multiple POVs - they were done well and gave a good depth to the characters.

Good character development as well as a story line that moves right along. I enjoyed this mystery and trying to figure out who dunnit.

Drowning With Others by Linda Keir is a mystery novel. The story in Drowning With Others is one that is told by changing the point of view between multiple characters and also one that takes place in different timelines.

Andi and Ian have been together since being teenagers attending boarding school. Now years later Andi and Ian are married and have a teenage daughter, Cassidy. Cassidy has been attending the same school that Andi and Ian attended and has an assignment to uncover details in the disappearance of a teacher from back when her parents were in school.

Drowning With Others by Linda Keir was the type of mystery that was easy to begun engaged into the story and flowed well between the different timelines. I found that both sides of the story were interesting and thought this was a great read with only thinking the ending needed a bit more.

I received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

I LOVE a good multiple pov book. Especially when we are talking about a murder. I enjoyed the high school sweetheart relationship between Ian and Andi. When a former teacher was found at the bottom of the water in his car, I immediately knew I was going to love this book. An investigation by a former student from 20 some years prior made it intriguing. I liked the fast pace of this book. The suspense kept you going.

3 stars.

I love books with duel timelines and told in different perspectives so I was super excited for this - especially with a thriller/mystery. It was middle of the road for me. I did love the above aspect - and the story did have me curious and wondering. However, I really just did not like the ending at all. I think it could have been better and went in a different direction. So it was fine, but I was disappointed in the end.

I am going to add Linda Keir (a pair of authors, really) into my growing group of “auto-read”. This novel is well-written and fascinatingly interesting work about the dynamics both in family and in school environment.
What would you do, if?

In 1996, Ian and Andi have been the golden couple of the Glenlake Academy. In 2019, they are still together in happy marriage with 3 kids. Nothing has ever disrupted their movie-like romance...right?
Some forgotten questions arise when the body of rebellious poetry professor is found in his car in the lake. Has Dallas been killed? Or was it a suicide? The circumstances of these months before Dallas’s disappearance from Glenlake start to appear, the process being fuelled by the hosting teacher/investigative reporter basing his school lessons on the case. And few students are more dedicated to investigation than Cassidy, Ian and Andi’s oldest daughter.

The story told from 3 POVs - Ian, Andi and Cassidy’s - deals with the secrets never told and never questioned and the people, things and way of life we want to protect. The strongest points here are the characters who are plastic and believable. And the mystery surrounding the what of really had happened is very catchy. The guessing game is simpy well-played. The last chapters are in my opinion not that strong as the rest of the book, yet the solution is very possible.

The book deals with the topic of the forbidden romances, too - and the playing with the fire is part of the reading catchiness here. These things are really happening around us and the cases vary from innocent crushes to ugly stories to love stories to petty stories. Morale, respect, protection of the vulnerable ones and dignity are probably the game changers. The story written here is...mostly sad, I think, in its pettiness, ugly smallness...and some kind of sentimental fondness.

All in all, well-played! My interest was constantly piqued and I have been wanting to read just one more chapter, which is always a good thing in my books.

Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review. An interesting novel by a new author in my personal reading-sphere! I am sure others would enjoy it too. Good character portrayls, descriptive setting and gripping plot.

This book is told in two different timelines from different perspectives. It had lots of suspense that you cant stop reading until you find out the truth. I didnt expect the ending at all. I connected with the characters which is very important for me.

Drowning With Others, more like drowning in unnecessary prose. The plot was too simplistic for what the writing style was trying to achieve.

I'm torn about this book. I enjoyed the story for the most part and found the plot very compelling, but I pretty much hated the ending. It just wasn't a satisfying resolution--and by satisfying, I mean it didn't seem like a good payoff for the plot.

Drowning with Others is well-written and compelling. Reading from Cassidy's perspective as her journalism class investigates the recently learned-of death of a teacher while her parents were teens at the same boarding school she is in now, and the perspective of her parents, Andie and Ian, through their boarding school journals and their present concern over what Cassidy may learn, there is a sense of foreboding over how past and present will collide. Recommended for fans of suspense.

Content Warnings: SPOILERS:



Statutory rape; homophobic slur; domestic violence; eating disorder END SPOILERS

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for this early copy!

Did not finish - I could not connect with the plot or writing so I decided to put it down.

Enjoyable murder mystery. Fast paced suspense based on lies told in years past and present at a boarding school i enjoyed the writing style of the author, and the plot was quite suspenseful

Drowning with others was not at all what I expected. Prep school sweethearts Ian and Andi Copeland are envied by everyone they know. They have successful businesses, a beautiful house in St. Louis, and their eldest daughter, Cassidy, is following in their footsteps by attending prestigious Glenlake Academy. Then, a submerged car is dredged from the bottom of a swimming hole near the campus. So are the remains of a former writer-in-residence who vanished twenty years ago—during Ian and Andi’s senior year.

Cassidy’s journalism class begins investigating the death, Ian and Andi’s high school secrets rise to the surface. Each has a troubled link to the man whose arrival and sudden disappearance once set the school on edge. And each had a reason to want him gone. As the book goes on a tangle of lies and deceit are uncovered.

I enjoyed this book. I really like the characters and how the book went from past to present.

This book was a fast-paced and engaging story! It had one twist and turn after another! A sign of a good thriller is one that is difficult to put down—this book definitely fits that description!

Ohhhhh a story of the past catching up with college sweethearts Andi and Ian Copeland. They have lived an idyllic life since college and now their daughter is enrolled at the same school they attended. A car is dredged from the bottom of a lake Neal this to the school and the past finds its way back into their lives. Thanks t the publisher and netgalley for the arc.

This was a pretty good read. I enjoy flashbacks, but I'm not usually a fan of the epistolary style in novels. I didn't find the high school voices to be believable or indistinguishable from one another so it became difficult to keep up. I did want to know what happened to Dallas and I liked Cassidy a lot. I also thought the prose was good- I just couldn't really find myself totally rooting for or against anyone and I felt a little manipulated into thinking one of the characters was a killer- BUT I liked the motive. I don't want to say much else- just alright, not the worst thing I've ever read but would've been better without the gimmicks. I would still read the author again.

Drowning with Others is a great fast paced mystery that I could not down. The characters are well developed and the storyline is entertaining.

A quick and fast paced mystery. After reading books with unbelievable plot twists that borderline ruin the story, there's no worry about that here. The twists are believable and they're not so wild that it distracts from the entire story..

My time for reading is right before bed. I actually have to read in order to get to sleep! This book was just the type I enjoy during my nightly reading time.
Andi and Ian are private school loves with wealthy families who support their relationship. Andi is a writer who gets swept up in all the feels for a teacher whose intentions are not the best. Fast forward and we find said teacher dead! What ensues is a mystery alternating diary entries from the past and present time narrative. I got through this one quickly, and enjoyed it. A solid mystery read!