282. Something in the Water
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Recommended by: Jackie Funk
Author: Catherine Steadman
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Crime
342 pages, published June 5, 2018
Reading Format: Book
Summary
When documentary filmmaker and Londoner Erin meets and then marries the handsome and successful investment banker Mark, she believes she has achieved the perfect life. However, when Mark loses his job, the soon to be newlyweds start to worry about money. While a surprising turn of events during their South Pacific honeymoon has the potential to allay their financial worries, it also stirs up all sorts of trouble leaving Erin wondering how well she really knows her husband.
Quotes
“… She told me not to let it make me angry, not to let it break my heart, but to remember that we all lose the things we love the most and how we have to remember that we were lucky to have them at all in the first place.”
“always read outside your comfort zone. That’s where stories come from. That’s where ideas come from.”
“Sometimes you’re the lamp post, and sometimes you’re the dog.”
“It’s impossible to know if we were a good thing that broke somehow or a bad thing that eventually became exposed. But either way, if I could just go back now to the way we were, I would. I would, without a moment’s hesitation. If I could just lie in his arms one last time, I could live with an illusion the rest of my life. If I could, I would.”
“But you don’t sign up for certain things without knowing the rules, Erin. And if you’ve signed up for the game, then you can’t complain when you lose. You got to lose with dignity is all; a good sportsman always lets people lose with dignity.”
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
My Take
Something in the Water is a taut, page turning thriller in the same vein as The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl. Steadman knows how to bait the hook and reel in her reader. Even though I had an inkling of the big plot twist, this book was still compelling reading until the end. A great fun read!
