A gothic 1930s thriller of secrets and murder.
Pearl Day becomes the key witness when her privileged friend Eleanor shoots her lover, but Pearl is hiding more than she admits. Set between 1930s London and Cornwall, this twisty gothic mystery riffs on Rebecca’s haunting question: who is the woman in the water?
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A gothic 1930s thriller of secrets and murder.
Pearl Day becomes the key witness when her privileged friend Eleanor shoots her lover, but Pearl is hiding more than she admits. Set between 1930s London and Cornwall, this twisty gothic mystery riffs on Rebecca’s haunting question: who is the woman in the water?
- Book Synopsis
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'Unputdownable' JOSEPH O'CONNOR
'A roller coaster read' LIZ NUGENT
THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS. NOW THEY ARE MURDERER AND WITNESS.
At the heart of the classic novel Rebecca lies a mystery ...
Pearl Day has always lived in the background - companion to her childhood friend, the dazzling and unpredictable Lady Eleanor Nicholson. Their bond was forged at Alderleigh, Eleanor's crumbling country estate, but now they share a sleek London home where Eleanor's life of indulgence is spiralling into chaos.
When Eleanor shoots her lover in a drunken rage, Pearl becomes the key witness in a scandalous murder trial. But she knows more than she's revealed - and with Eleanor behind bars, she sees a chance to escape her quiet desperation.
Their connection, once rooted in friendship, is now warped by grief, envy and power. And Eleanor's reach is long.
Set between 1930s London and the windswept Cornwall coast, this taut, gothic thriller dares to answer one of literature's abiding questions: in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, who is the woman in the water?
'Dark, twisty and gripping' SAM BLAKE
Ideal for readers who…
- love gothic thrillers with glamour, menace, and secrets hidden in grand houses
- enjoy intense, psychologically tangled female friendships that turn poisonous
- want courtroom scandal, unreliable truths, and a witness who knows more than she says
- are drawn to 1930s settings, from sleek London living to windswept Cornwall atmosphere
- can’t resist reimaginings that tease out the unanswered mysteries of classic literature—especially Rebecca
- About The Author
- Henrietta McKervey is the author of the acclaimed novels What Becomes of Us, The Heart of Everything, Violet Hill and A Talented Man. She has a Hennessy First Fiction Award and won the inaugural UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award. Her Travel Award project, an exploration of the 31 Sea Areas of the Shipping Forecast, featured on BBC Radio 4. She has programmed the ECHOES festival and International Literature Festival Dublin, and contributes to the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent and the Brendan O'Connor show on RTÉ Radio 1.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781399750042
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland, (05 March 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 320
- Weight
- 400 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 230 x 150 x 26 mm
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