Winter Water

by Susanne Jansson

Paperback

The waves are calling... 

Martin has always been drawn to the ocean. Not long after moving his young family to an idyllic cottage in the picturesque island village of Orust, on the west coast of Sweden, he begins to run into trouble with the locals. 

One January weekend, when Martin is momentarily distracted, his young son, Adam, goes missing. Adam's little red bucket is bobbing in the waves but his body is never found. 

When former police photographer Maya Linde arrives in Orust, she befriends Martin, who has slid into deep grief and depression. As Martin and Maya grow closer, they learn the hidden truths of this town and the locals who have always mythologized the ocean. 

Together they make a macabre discovery: other children have tragically died in these waves, all on the same day in January, all in the exact same spot, though decades apart. Can it really be a coincidence, or is the ocean luring the children into its depths? As Maya and Martin grapple with a threat far greater than they ever imagined, they soon realize that the truth is actually much stranger than fiction... 

Set against a backdrop of the whispering ocean, Winter Water is an atmospheric and gripping suspense novel by a master storyteller.