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Something in the Water focuses on an engaged couple, Mark and Erin. In the midst of planning their wedding, Mark loses his investment banker job. Erin is working on a documentary detailing the release of three prisoners. During their wedding dinner tasting, Mark feels the financial pressures and admits he doesn’t have the money for the wedding. In fact, he is even talking about selling the house! The reality of their situation is now hitting Erin and she is angry that Mark shortened their honeymoon, without even consulting her.
During their honeymoon in Bora Bora, Mark and Erin go out in a boat to go diving. On their way back, they spot lots of white paper sheets swirling in the water. Then they hear a “thunk, thunk” against the boat and they rescue the source of the noise, which is a duffle bag. How Mark and Erin deal with the bag and its contents becomes the focus of the story.
There is a modicum of suspense in Something in the Water. The book begins with Erin digging a grave and she reveals to the reader who will be buried there. After this short chapter, the storyline retreats to three months earlier and most of the book details what has led up to Erin digging the grave. I must confess that I was disappointed that we are told, in the first few pages who is dead and will be buried there. I would’ve enjoyed the book more if the identity of the body was not revealed until towards the end of the story.
The writing is solid and after a slow start, the story picks up and the pace improves. We get to know Erin very well — she makes a series of bad decisions that puts her life in jeopardy. The “B” story, Erin conducting her interviews with the three prisoners, did not hold as much appeal to me until much later in the story when there is some intersection with the main narrative. Something in the Water is a fun beach read and may just tempt you to take a trip to Bora Bora.
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