Similar to Paula Hawkins’ first novel The Girl on the Train, Hawkins’ second novel Into the Water is a thrilling and suspense-filled murder mystery. Nel Abbott, a writer researching the history of the local river in the small town of Beckford, England, has now turned up dead in the very river she studied. Hawkins keeps the reader guessing with exciting plot twists and a constant change of narrator and perspective. She explores the themes of the supernatural, female relationships, and the power of promises and secrets.
