Fast-paced and creepy, it bubbles over with revelations, twists, and turns, not to mention wet footsteps of the dead leading right to your door. This book will suck you down to its bottomless black depths. 'Careful reading McMahon's latest novel, The Drowning Kind, after dark. Jennifer McMahon is a master of mood.' - Janelle Brown I couldn’t wait to get to the end I also wanted to savor every page. 'The Drowning Kind is satisfying on every level: Marvelously chilling, elegantly written, a true page-turner. A modern-day ghost story that illuminates how the past, though sometimes forgotten, is never really far behind us, The Drowning Kind “is satisfying on every level: Marvelously chilling, elegantly written, a true page-turner” (Janelle Brown, New York Times bestselling author). Once there, Ethel learns that the water is rumored to grant wishes, never suspecting that the spring takes in equal measure to what it gives. In an effort to distract her, her husband whisks her away on a trip to Vermont, where a natural spring is showcased by the newest and most modern hotel in the Northeast.

In 1929, thirty-seven-year-old newlywed Ethel Monroe hopes desperately for a baby. And as she dives deeper into the research herself, she discovers that the land holds a far darker past than she could have ever imagined. When Jax arrives at the house to go through her sister’s things, she learns that Lexie was researching the history of their family and the property. But the next day, Lexie is dead: drowned in the pool at their grandmother’s estate. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. When Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it’s just another one of her sister’s episodes. A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2021 In this “blisteringly suspenseful tale that will keep you up at night” (Wendy Webb, author of Daughters of the Lake ), a woman returns to the old family home after her sister mysteriously drowns in its swimming pool…but she’s not the pool’s only victim.

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon