Beckford is a typical sleepy town in England, surrounded by a river whose peaceful pools hide treacherous weeds and rocks beneath the surface. The town has a history dating back to the days of witches who were drowned in the river’s black waters. A local woman writing a book on the river's history is found floating in the “Drowning Pool” but was it suicide or a murder meant to 
keep secrets hidden? Hawkins uses different character voices to tell the story where even the upstanding citizens have dark pasts, and keeps the reader guessing through the last suspenseful page.
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