The Backwater

"Sublime and tense"--Booklist"An original thriller filled with empathy." --Sarah Bailey, author of The HousemateThe Kelly family has...
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The Backwater by Wakefield, Vikki

The Backwater

$27.61

The Backwater

$27.61
Author: Vikki Wakefield
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Sublime and tense"--Booklist

"An original thriller filled with empathy." --Sarah Bailey, author of The Housemate

The Kelly family has always been trouble

When a fire in a remote trailer park community kills nine people, including 17-year-old Sabine Kelly's mother and sister, Sabine confesses to the murders. Shortly after, she escapes custody, flees her broken hometown, and disappears into the thick forest and winding backwaters of her childhood refuge, the river.

Recently let go from marriage, motherhood and her career, journalist Rachel Weidermann has long suspected Sabine made her way back to the river--and now, twelve years after the "Trailer Park Murders," she has the time and the tenacity to corner a fugitive and land the story of the year, hoping the success would allow her to stitch back together the ragged edges of her life. But Rachel's ambition lights the fuse leading to a brutal chain of events, and the web Sabine weaves will force Rachel to question everything she believes.

As forceful and unrelenting as the river that drives its story, The Backwater is a stunning, suspenseful novel about class, corruption, truth, and justice by a powerful new voice in crime fiction.



Author: Vikki Wakefield
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 05/20/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781464234880


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2025 pg. 38
Shelf Awareness 06/06/2025

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