The Water's Lovely by Ruth Rendell
By Ruth RendellWhen Ismay thinks of that terrible day, and she often does, she remembers Heather coming down the stairs - her dress wet, her face as still and white as a porcelain mask. Sometimes the memories return in a dream: She and her mother are climbing the stairs, following her dripping-wet sister through the bedroom to a door. The door leads to the upstairs bathroom, but when Heather opens it they are standing in a marble chamber on the edge of a glassy lake. Ismay watches as a white thing floats toward them, its face submerged, and her mother calls, absurdly, "Don't look!" But of course she does. She looks into the water and sees her stepfather Guys face, his lifeless, frightened eyes, staring up at her.
Now, nine years after Guy was found dead in the bathtub, she and Heather still live in their childhood home, which has since been renovated into two flats, one upstairs for their mother and aunt, with Heather and Ismay downstairs. The police determined the cause of death was an accident, and to this day the two sisters never talk about what happened.
Although Ismay finds herself feeling intensely protective of her little sister and of the secret they share, their lives move placidly, even happily, forward. It seems as if the mysterious death of their stepfather is behind them. But when Headier becomes seriously involved with a man for the first time, Ismay's long-repressed memories can no longer be ignored. With painful inevitability, the surprising truth will emerge whether Ismay wants it to or not.
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Book details
- Hardcover
- 340 pages
- English
- 0307381366
- 9780307381361
About Ruth Rendell
a.k.a. barbara vineruth barbara rendell, baroness rendell of babergh, cbe, who also wrote under the pseudonym barbara vine, was an acclaimed english crime Read More about Ruth Rendell
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