Still Waters
A Novel
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4.0 • 30 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
If you’re reading this email, I am dead. I know this will sound strange, but someone has been trying to kill me.
Liv and Gabe Ahlstrom are estranged siblings who haven’t seen each other in years, but that’s about to change when they receive a rare call from their older brother’s wife. “Mack is dead,” she says. “He died of a seizure.” Five minutes after they hang up, Liv and Gabe each receive a scheduled email from their dead brother, claiming that he was murdered.
The siblings return to their family-run resort in the Northwoods of Minnesota to investigate Mack's claims, but Leech Lake has more in store for them than either could imagine. Drawn into a tangled web of lies and betrayal that spans decades, they put their lives on the line to unravel the truth about their brother, their parents, themselves, and the small town in which they grew up. After all, no one can keep a secret in a small town, but someone in Leech Lake is willing to kill for the truth to stay buried.
New York Times bestselling and Emmy award-winning author Matt Goldman returns with a gripping, emotional thrill ride in this compelling story on grief and uncovering the past before it’s too late.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this brisk and enjoyable mystery from bestseller Goldman (A Good Family), estranged siblings reunite to solve their brother's murder. Liv and Gabe Ahlstrom, now in their late 30s, have seldom spoken since they left northern Minnesota 20 years ago. Liv has a husband, a high-paying job, and a townhouse in New York City's West Village; Gabe is an L.A. bartender whose relationships rarely last a year. The two reconnect when they learn that their older brother, Mack, has died of a stroke in Chicago. Though Mack was only in his 50s, little about his death seems to indicate foul play. Then Liv and Gabe receive an automated message from Mack's email account: "If you're reading this email, I am dead. I know this will sound strange, but someone is trying to kill me." Shocked, the siblings return to the Minnesota lake resort their late parents used to run to organize Mack's memorial, and hope the homecoming might provide some clarity about his death. There, Liv and Gabe face a disgruntled cousin who wants to flatten the resort and put up a wind farm, a shady businesswoman who wants to add it to her own portfolio, and persistent rumors about their own heritage that might shed light on Mack's demise. Three-dimensional characters and authentic dialogue elevate the familiar premise. Goldman's fans will eat this up.
