New Release Review: STILL WATER by Amy Stuart

Still Water is the follow up novel to Stuart's debut, Still Mine, and for better enjoyment I would highly recommend reading it prior to beginning this one. While I found the pacing a bit slow in the first half, the second half was quicker, more intense, and intriguing. We follow Clare as Malcolm brings her to a different town- High River- to investigate a new missing persons case. Not only do we get to witness the web of lies being spun throughout the residents of this town, but we also learn a bit more about the secrets of Clare's past, as well as the mysterious Malcolm Boon. Each character had something to hide, and it was difficult to figure out who could be trusted, if anyone! It was a thrill trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. There are some great twists and turns in this novel, and as one mystery is closed, there are still some questions left unanswered. Stuart has created an opening for a possible third book, and I would not hesitate to read it.

-Colleen

STILL WATER is available now in Canada and will be available in the US this July!

Purchase Link:

Chapters Indigo-

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/still-water/9781476790459-item.html

Amazon CA-

https://www.amazon.ca/Still-Water-Amy-Stuart/dp/1476790450

Blurb:

From the Globe and Mail bestselling author of Still Mine comes a new thriller featuring Clare and Malcolm, this time on the hunt for a missing mother and son in a town that is drowning in deception—Clare may be in her gravest danger yet. HOW DO YOU FIND THE TRUTH IN A TOWN FULL OF SECRETS? Clare has to find them. Sally Proulx and her young boy have mysteriously disappeared in the stormy town of High River. Clare is hired to track them down, hoping against all odds to find them alive. But High River isn’t your typical town. It’s a place where women run to—women who want to escape their past. They run to Helen Haines, a matriarch who offers them safe haven and anonymity. Pretending to be Sally’s long-lost friend, Clare turns up and starts asking questions, but nothing prepares her for the swirl of deception and the depth of the lies. Did Sally drown? Did her son? Was it an accident, or is their disappearance part of something bigger? In a town where secrets are crucial to survival, everyone is hiding something. Detectives Somers and Rourke clearly have an ulterior motive beyond solving the case. Malcolm Boon, who hired Clare, knows more about her than he reveals. And Helen is concealing a tragic family history of her own. As the truth surges through High River, Clare must face the very thing she has so desperately been running from, even if it comes at a devastating cost. Compulsively gripping and twisty, Still Water is a deep dive of a thriller that will leave you breathless.