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The Backwater by Vikki Wakefield is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Backwater about?
"Sublime and tense"—Booklist"An original thriller filled with empathy." —Sarah Bailey, author of The HousemateThe Kelly family has always been troubleWhen 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...
Who reads The Backwater?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Vikki Wakefield
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
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