The Drowning Lesson
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  • Published: 19 September 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405915328
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

The Drowning Lesson

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EBook
19 Sep 2016
Audiobook
24 Sep 2015
Paperback
28 Jul 2020
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The haunting new novel from the author of 2014's stunning Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller Daughter

'It's our son, Sam... someone took him. Please help us'
Emma hoped that she and her family would return from their year abroad closer, with memories to last a lifetime.
Instead, they returned minus one child.

A year on, Emma is haunted by their son's disappearance, and feels further than ever from her husband.

Is their child still out there somewhere? Will the mystery about what happened that night ever be unravelled?

And, if the truth does come to light, will Emma's family be healed - or wrenched even further apart?
  • Published: 19 September 2016
  • ISBN: 9781405915328
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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About the author

Jane Shemilt

While working as a GP, Jane Shemilt completed a post graduate diploma in Creative Writing at Bristol university and went on to study for the M.A in Creative writing at Bath Spa, gaining both with distinction. She was shortlisted for the Janklow and Nesbitt award and the Lucy Cavendish fiction prize for Daughter, which is her first novel. She and her husband, a Professor of Neurosurgery, have five children and live in Bristol.

Also by Jane Shemilt

Little Friends
Daughter
How Far We Fall
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Praise for The Drowning Lesson

Taut and thought-provoking

Sunday Mirror

Utterly gripping. A tautly coiled spring of suspicion and suspense which builds to a devastating ending

Mail On Sunday

Praise for Daughter

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The parent's despair is so brilliantly written, you feel every stab of grief. The thrilling ending does not disappoint. A must-read!

Woman Magazine

I enjoyed this book from the first page . . . this book comes with a very enthusiastic recommendation . . . The story is all encompassing and I felt itchy with anticipation as I savoured every page

The Book Bag

Shemilt specialises in the fictionalisation of parental nightmares . . . well written, taut and tense

Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

Suspenseful, brooding, and with touches of witchcraft - it makes for a perfect blend of horror and thriller

Sunday Mirror

A gripping read about a family whose hopeful adventure turns into a nightmare

You Magazine

Gripping tale

Telegraph, Pick of the Week

A dark twisty tale

Heat