Something In The Water

Martiemary Rose
3 min readJan 28, 2023

Book review. Warning there are some spoilers.

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Synopsis from the back of the book — Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plane. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sunm the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. (Something in the water by Catherine Steadman)

This book had me on the edge of my seat many times. It was a slow burn for how everything was going to play out. Not many authors know how to pull off a slow burn. Wait. Let me rephrase that. Not many authors know how to keep their readers hooked to the end when it comes to slow burns. But Catherine Steadman (in my opinion) did a great job of keeping me hooked. From the first page I took it that Erin killed her husband. I only thought that because she was talking about digging a grave for her husband. This was the first hook. Then, Erin (Catherine Steadman) decided to rewind three months to explain what happened from the beginning.

It turned out that she didn’t murder her husband. But Erins plan of getting the USB back to whoever wanted it went south quick. To be honest as Erin was doing interviews with prisoner’s that were about to be release soon, for her documentary. I…

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Martiemary Rose

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