Beneath Still, Dark Water, (Paperback)

<p>The towns aren't the only things disappearing...so are the girls.</p><p>Western Massachusetts, 1938. As the state prepares to flood the Swift River Valley to create the Quabbin Reservoir, the once-thriving community has become a ghost town. With most homes and businesses burned to the ground in preparation, each day brings more departures.</p><p>Seventeen-year-old Harrison "Brick" Bricker remains behind. Stuck in a dead-end job and facing an uncertain future, he is drawn into a hidden world of privilege and power after a chance encounter with the alluring Sadie Rose Parish. </p><p>When a local girl vanishes and Brick uncovers disturbing secrets tied to one of the valley's most influential families, the young lovers become caught in the crosshairs of a killer. In a valley already condemned to disappear beneath the rising waters, some people will do anything to ensure their sins vanish with it.</p><p>But secrets have a way of floating to the surface. Twenty-five years later, Brick's alcohol-ravaged memories begin to return, forcing him to confront what really happened before the dark waters settled over the valley he once called home. </p><p>Perfect for fans of Sharon Short's Trouble Island and Kate Alice Marshall's What Lies in the Woods, Beneath Still, Dark Water is a haunting historical suspense novel inspired by the real towns lost beneath the Quabbin Reservoir.</p><p></p>

• Beneath Still, Dark Water, (Paperback)
• Author: Stephen Paul Sayers
• ISBN: 9798888194546
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-23
• Page Count: 234