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The Backwater - by Vikki Wakefield (Paperback)

Name: The Backwater - by Vikki Wakefield (Paperback)
Brand: Poisoned Pen Press
SKU: 93881614
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**EDGAR AWARD WINNER**"Sublime and tense"--Booklist"An original thriller filled with empathy.
Author(s): Vikki Wakefield
352 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Crime

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**EDGAR AWARD WINNER**

"Sublime and tense"--Booklist

"An original thriller filled with empathy." --Sarah Bailey, author of The Housemate

The Kelly family has always been trouble

When a fire in a remote trailer park community kills nine people, including 17-year-old Sabine Kelly's mother and sister, Sabine confesses to the murders. Shortly after, she escapes custody, flees her broken hometown, and disappears into the thick forest and winding backwaters of her childhood refuge, the river.

Recently let go from marriage, motherhood and her career, journalist Rachel Weidermann has long suspected Sabine made her way back to the river--and now, twelve years after the "Trailer Park Murders," she has the time and the tenacity to corner a fugitive and land the story of the year, hoping the success would allow her to stitch back together the ragged edges of her life. But Rachel's ambition lights the fuse leading to a brutal chain of events, and the web Sabine weaves will force Rachel to question everything she believes.

As forceful and unrelenting as the river that drives its story, The Backwater is a stunning, suspenseful novel about class, corruption, truth, and justice by a powerful new voice in crime fiction.

Review Quotes

"A satisfying sense of place and relationships that set the stage for a good story."--New York Journal of Books

"Wakefield's writing is both sublime and tense."--Booklist

"Setting is as prominent as characterization and plot here, with all combining to create a memorable tale of redemption." --firstCLUE

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)

Weight: .75 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 352

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Crime

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Vikki Wakefield

Language: English

Street Date: May 20, 2025

TCIN: 93881614

UPC: 9781464234880

Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-4781

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.1 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.2 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.75 pounds

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