The Drowning: Psychological Thriller Novel - Gripping Suspense for Mystery Lovers & Book Clubs

I’m not a thriller fan, but I may have to rethink this after reading J.P. Smith’s spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat THE DROWNING. A page-turner from the opening paragraph to the last, the plot twists and turns keeping the reader guessing who-done-it right up until the literal last page. I didn’t see it coming despite a variety of clues along the way. The story is really two mysteries in one: 1) What happened to Joey Proctor twenty-one years earlier when he was left on a dock in the middle of a lake at summer camp by his teenage counselor Alex Mason and 2) who is terrorizing said same counselor in the present? The answers come in subtle clues that only get pieced together at the very end. But sometimes in life, despite all the clues, we’re still left wondering why? In this respect, Smith’s story stays more true to life than neatly-packaged answers.