Police diver Jen Harper is struggling with her latest job. A woman, Claudia Franklin, has gone missing. Jen should really inform her boss that she knew Claudia years ago, however, there are lots of secrets involved in her difficult relationship with Claudia. More importantly, Jen has started sleepwalking again and the night Claudia disappeared she woke in the river she's now being asked to search.
Silent Waters by L. V. Matthews is one of those thrillers where there are so many secrets you really have to keep your wits about you to stay on top of the story. Just when you think you've figured out what has happened, another twist turns up.
As a teenager, Jen Harper was an aspiring diver with ambitions to perform at the Olympics. Claudia Franklin was her friend and rival. Jen's Olympic dreams never came to fruition and she went on to join the police force, Claudia, however, was successful.
While Jen made her way in the police and became a single Mum, Claudia married their diving coach and moved abroad. It is years later when the lives of the two women become tangled again.
The first secret to be revealed, one which has an impact on all the relationships in the story, is the identity of the father of Sam, Jen's son. It is hardly surprising when it is revealed that Claudia's husband, the dive coach, is the mystery man. This is a secret that Jen has protected for seven years. Another secret, one which is hinted at now and again but not revealed until late in the story involves the two women as teenagers and Jen's brother, Bill. Something devastating happened one summer and the trio agreed never to reveal it, promising to protect each other.
Now that Claudia is missing, presumed dead, you have to wonder if it is to protect this secret, or has Claudia discovered the identity of Sam's father; or is it something completely different? There are lots of secrets coming home to roost in this gripping thriller.
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