![]() When Paula Hawkins’ début psychological thriller The Girl on the Train was released a few years ago, it went straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list and stayed there for 13 consecutive weeks. As a local cast of neighbours, foes and officials argue over the details of this latest tragedy in Beckford, more questions than answers float to the surface of the Drowning Pool. ![]() Nel’s teenage daughter Lena now begrudgingly finds herself in the care of her estranged aunt Jules, who is struggling to piece together the circumstances leading up to her sister’s death, as well as the many years they spent apart. If folklore is to be believed, she may not be the last woman to die there either. Her death, whilst tragic, fails to shock the community in the way you might expect there have been women before her to lose their lives in the same spot. Nel Abbott has been found dead in what is known locally as the Drowning Pool. ![]() Devout fans of the compulsive hit The Girl on the Train may be surprised by Paula Hawkins' second novel, Into the Water, says Céire Duggan. ![]()
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