Home » Woman in the Water
Product Image

Woman in the Water

Henrietta McKervey
€19.99
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
A01=Henrietta McKervey
Author_Henrietta McKervey
Betrayal
British aristocracy
Category=FB
Category=FFC
Class divide
Cornwall coast
Crumbling manor
Domestic noir
English country estate
Envy
eq_bestseller
eq_crime
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_new_release
eq_nobargain
Female friendship
Gothic thriller
Historical fiction
Homage to classic literature
Identity
Inspired by literary mystery
Interwar period
Justice and revenge
Literary mystery
London society
Madness and control
Memory and truth
Modern gothic
Noir fiction
Obsession
Period 1930s London
Power dynamics
Psychological drama
Psychological suspense
Psychological unraveling
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Secrets and lies
Witness vs perpetrator

Product details

  • ISBN 9781399750042
  • Weight: 400g
  • Dimensions: 150 x 230mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Mar 2026
  • Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
  • Publication City/Country: IE
  • Product Form: Paperback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

'Unputdownable' JOSEPH O'CONNOR

'A roller coaster read' LIZ NUGENT

THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS. NOW THEY ARE MURDERER AND WITNESS.

At the heart of the classic novel Rebecca lies a mystery ...

Pearl Day has always lived in the background - companion to her childhood friend, the dazzling and unpredictable Lady Eleanor Nicholson. Their bond was forged at Alderleigh, Eleanor's crumbling country estate, but now they share a sleek London home where Eleanor's life of indulgence is spiralling into chaos.

When Eleanor shoots her lover in a drunken rage, Pearl becomes the key witness in a scandalous murder trial. But she knows more than she's revealed - and with Eleanor behind bars, she sees a chance to escape her quiet desperation. Their connection, once rooted in friendship, is now warped by grief, envy and power. And Eleanor's reach is long.

Set between 1930s London and the windswept Cornwall coast, this taut, gothic thriller dares to answer one of literature's abiding questions: in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, who is the woman in the water?

'Dark, twisty and gripping' SAM BLAKE
About Henrietta McKervey
Henrietta McKervey is the author of the acclaimed novels What Becomes of Us, The Heart of Everything, Violet Hill and A Talented Man. She has a Hennessy First Fiction Award and won the inaugural UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award. Her Travel Award project, an exploration of the 31 Sea Areas of the Shipping Forecast, featured on BBC Radio 4. She has programmed the ECHOES festival and International Literature Festival Dublin, and contributes to the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent and the Brendan O'Connor show on RTÉ Radio 1.

More from this author