Into the Water

by Paula Hawkins

Beckford is a strange place, full of odd people, with a downright bizarre history.

He drove to the school, parking in the empty car park. Sometimes Helen Townsend worked there during the school holidays,

So many POVs and characters! Helen is principal and married to detective. Mark is teacher and among last to see Nel

It was like we were high on hatred—we were laughing and shouting and calling that piece of shit every name we could think of.

in his head what he’d done wasn’t rape. All this time, and he still believed he’d been doing the fat girl a favour.