It most certainly does, unless of course you are going on a diving holiday or honeymoon but for all other occasions

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman grips and won’t let go.

The Villandry Restaurant in Great Portland Street proved to be the perfect venue for the book launch of this brilliant new thriller, ‘Something in the Water’ by Catherine Steadman.

It seems that some people have more than their fair share of talent, and yes, I am talking about Catherine Steadman. Not content with carving out a successful television and film career, she has now turned her hand to writing and to continue the metaphor, she has made a pretty good fist of it.

It comes as no surprise therefore, that Steadman has had her first book, ‘Something in the Water’ optioned as a film, or that she has been commissioned to write a second book.

Erin, the protagonist of ‘Something in the Water,’ occasionally breaks the fourth wall, which somehow makes the reader complicit in some of the decisions that she makes. We can understand her thinking and feel her fear as the tension rises.

Moral dilemmas with increasingly severe consequences are presented in such a way that it is impossible not to agree with some of her choices.

So, where is Erin and what is she doing?

Mark and Erin are on the tropical island of Bora Bora, and Erin is convinced that  Mark will keep her safe. And he does, until …  they find something in the water. Something they decide to keep a secret — after all, if they do,  no-one will  be hurt.

Or will they? Their decision triggers a catastrophic chain of events…  and endangers everything precious to them.

Catherine Steadman ramps up the tension page by page, until it is impossible to put the book down. The various threads are drawn together as Erin and her new husband sink deeper into a world of crime they had never known, other than as a casual observer.

‘Something in The Water’ shows that when the going gets tough good people can justify almost anything.

At the very beginning of the book Erin asks if we have ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave and before I read this I can happily admit that I hadn’t but now…..

If this was her debut novel I for one cannot wait for book two

Something in The Water by Catherine Steadman  in HB, PB, ebook and audio download and CD