A beautifully written atmospheric story of trauma, grief and redemption, Still Water is the debut novel from a bright new voice in literary fiction. When Jane Douglas returns to the Shetland Islands, she thinks she has escaped the dark shadows of her childhood. She carves out a simple life on the bleak, windswept island, working at the salmon fishery and spending quiet evenings at home. And for the first time in her life, she's happy. Then the body of Jane's long-missing mother is found in a flooded quarry. Her mother disappeared when Jane was a teenager, following the death of Jane's baby...
A beautifully written atmospheric story of trauma, grief and redemption, Still Water is the debut novel from a bright new voice in literary fiction. W...