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A Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine on Audible Pick

"A psychological thriller that captivated me from page one. What unfolds makes for a wild, page-turning ride! It's the perfect beach read!" (Reese Witherspoon)

A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller debut - for listeners of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Shari Lapena.

If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you?

Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water....

Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares?

Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events....

Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave?

Wonder no longer. Catherine Steadman’s enthralling voice shines throughout this spellbinding debut novel. With piercing insight and fascinating twists, Something in the Water challenges the reader to confront the hopes we desperately cling to, the ideals we’re tempted to abandon, and the perfect lies we tell ourselves.

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Captivating story line
Review: Loved her casual and personal writing style. Candid thoughts and feelings added in making the character real to the reader. Enjoyable and intriguing read. Plan to read more of her work! It doesn't hurt that I'm a huge Downton Abbey fan!

Reviewer: Susan
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Captivating from beginning to end
Review: Somewhat reluctant to purchase SOMETHING IN THE WATER based on the negative customer reviews I read on Amazon, I took a chance and am glad I did. The story grabbed me from the first chapter and didn’t let go.Mark and Erin, a young engaged couple who seemingly have money to spare, are planning their grand, although small, wedding. To Erin’s delight, Mark has arranged a monthlong honeymoon in Bora Bora at the Four Seasons Resort. The plans are going along swimmingly until Mark loses his job as a highly paid investment banker. With no job in the offing for Mark and little money coming in from Erin’s work as a documentarian, the couple must come to terms that they are in serious financial trouble. It is not a stretch to believe that they lived in the moment as many in their generation do. It never crosses their minds that Mark would not only lose his job, but also could not immediately find another.They decide to scale back the wedding reception (the £32 lobster starter has to go!) and cut back their vacation by a week, but they fly first class halfway around the world. Unrealistic? Probably, but I must admit that I enjoyed reading about the luxurious flight.After a few days on the island, Mark convinces Erin to go scuba diving. At about 20 meters down, they spot SOMETHING IN THE WATER and are quickly confronted with a dilemma. Should they tell? Of course they decide to keep their secret, vowing never to tell anyone. Thus a series of events unfold, turning the lives of the newlyweds upside down.Part thriller and part fantasy, the book often stretches credulity. A documentarian turning Super Sleuth after watching You Tube videos and using Google as the basis for her research is hard to believe, but I was entertained by Erin’s exploits. Catherine Steadman, in her debut, wrote a story that made me wonder what I would have done if I had made Erin’s and Mark’s discovery. For me, SOMETHING IN THE WATER was an enjoyable escape from reality.

Reviewer: Sara
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good and bad
Review: It starts out very slow and is hard to get into. But once they make the "discovery" around chapter 10 things turn into a frenzy. So much of a frenzy that it had me audacity yelling at the book. It got me all amped up and it was hard to get back to work after reading.The story and characters were great, compelling, and sucked you in, but i found myself let down in some ways.The descriptions of the actions and the feelings of the main characters were well done, but I found it lacking as far as 'painting a picture'. The scenery and setting were not well described. Some events, important outfits, and places were not described at all. Most of the time i had no idea what the buildings, surroundings, sky, temperature, peoples clothing... None of it was mentioned in many many segments. So for me it was quite lacking in that area. I wanted to feel more like i was there, and i simply couldn't.

Reviewer: Sedina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal. Please write more.
Review: This is the best book I've read all year.Catherine's prose is drum-tight and evocative. She captures perfectly the dizzying downward slide of "just one more" that sees so many people end up trapped in a web of their own making. Like all gifted writers, Catherine references her themes again and again so that each character's story is an echo of the main plot. Nothing feels disjointed or extraneous in this book. It is a story told by a very, very smart person who spent a fair amount of time asking herself "what if?"I read a lot, and, lately, I've been reading quite a bit more due to some life changes / a major injury. Thrillers are a good way to pass time, and to forget about some of the hell I'm dealing with in my life currently. So, by now, I've nearly had my fill of books where I get frustrated with the main heroine. Why didn't the main character read up on printing shops before she pretended to own one? Why didn't the hero learn how to use his gun before he got into a fight? Why didn't the private eye study cocaine manufacturing before he had to question a witness about his plants?The question I always ask is: Why didn't anybody think through the possibilities before they took the action?Reading Catherine's book, I didn't utter that phrase once. The main character(s) were not competent, but they were intelligent. Her main character knew what she did not know, and therefore took steps to remedy that OR find a way around it. As an example, she decides to bring a gun to a dangerous meeting. She has never fired a gun. So she watches videos on how to clean her model of gun, and practices all afternoon. Cleaning, loading, drawing, etc. Over and over. Then she goes to the woods and practices firing the gun, over and over. Will she be an expert in an afternoon? No, obviously not! But the main character is able to think ahead - like any smart person would - and prepare herself, as best as she can.If you had to do something new to you, how would you prepare?Catherine answers that question, over and over.So many novels in this genre rely on the main characters doing something stupid. It's even a meme in the movies: "Don't go in there!" or "Call the police!" we yell at the screen, as the young actress does the stupidest thing possible. In Catherine's novel, however, the characters continually make significant effort to cover their tracks, to do the smart thing. No, they do not do the moral thing. But they do the smart thing. And that's a wonderful, wonderful breath of fresh air.SPOILERThe major twist is one I hoped for from one of the first chapters. It's not right to just say I expected it - I did - but it's more than that. I HOPED for it. Catherine created a character with flashes of real meanness. The gaslighting of the main character was brilliant. Not every reader would pick up on it; many people would just skip over the woman debasing herself in front of her husband. That's the natural order of things, isn't it? The wife goes to try something, it backfires, her husband calls her stupid, and then "forgives" her for being stupid. I caught it every time, and was so, so, so hoping Catherine would take it in the direction she did.Anyone who has been in, or even near, an abusive relationship will find themselves shivering at a few points in this book. There is absolutely no physical abuse, and not even - really - any "bad" emotional abuse. But the groundwork is laid. See how angry Mark gets when Erin doesn't understand him? At one point in the latter half of the book, Erin is terrified - but not of the bad guys. She's terrified Mark will find out what she's doing (she's going off on her own). She promises herself she will "never lie again" after this. That she will "be the perfect wife". That's exactly how the thought process starts. "I made him mad. I was less than perfect. I deserved him yelling at me / hitting me / calling me a whore."Spooky.END SPOILERI honestly don't have enough words to showcase how much I enjoyed this book.I suspect some people may not like this book because of the very obvious immorality of the main character. We don't really have a person to root for, and that's true. People who like their novels to have flawless heroes, or like perfectly-paced steps leading to a conclusion where the good guys win perfectly, will not like this book. Do not buy this book if you aren't interested in moral grays (and even immorality). The main character is not a good person. This book imitates life: it is messy, people are imperfect, and decisions made do not lead to predictable outcomes.If, however, you can handle ambiguity and reality and ugliness, buy this book. Read it. It's great.

Reviewer: Carole P. Roman
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Entertaining
Review: I read it on a flight home until the last five pages, then took an agonizing ride from the airport to finish it. The build in the beginning dragged a bit too much, but all in all, it was an entertaining read; the ending came a bit too fast. I wish she had planted more red flags. It did read like a Netflix movie, not necessarily a bad thing.

Reviewer: Christie D
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Kept me totally engaged
Review: I really enjoyed this book! I couldn’t put it down. Well developed characters; suspenseful; surprising developments kept me totally engaged.

Reviewer: JSDeBacco
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Bizarre and Twisty
Review: Enjoyable, a little bit bizarrely written, but I think that's part of the twisty-ness of it. It kept my interest, I just wanted to know what was going to happen next; the plot did surprise me!Wish the ending wasn't as abrupt, but all in all a good read!

Reviewer: Joanne Green
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Right from the beginning of the book you know your in for a ride!

Reviewer: Sid Barnes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I've not read this one yet, my husband is reading it atm. Catherine Steadman is a riveting teller of tall tales. We've recently discovered her and love the fact that each book is a different story with new plots and characters.

Reviewer: Cliente Amazon
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Excelente conteúdo, prende sua atenção fazendo com que leia sem parar.Eu recomendo.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I was really intrigued by the book and its description but as soon as I started reading it… didn’t click. I tried giving it a chance, reading the first chapters and wow - so long and boring and kind of predictable after a while. You know Erin will always make the most terrible choices, the over descriptive scenarios and texts are exhausting to read. I usually love thrillers/mysteries and go through them for like three days but this took weeks. I was dreading having to finish it but I had to…

Reviewer: patricia garcia
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Te mantiene intrigado.