Still Water: Rebecca Pert

A beautifully written atmospheric story of trauma, grief and redemption, Still Water is a debut from a bright new voice in literary fiction.

When Jane Douglas returns to the Shetland Islands, she thinks she has escaped the dark shadows of her childhood. She carves out a simple life on the bleak, windswept island, working at the salmon fishery and spending quiet evenings at home. And for the first time in her life, she`s happy.

Then the body of Jane`s long-missing mother is found in a flooded quarry. Her mother disappeared when Jane was a teenager, following the death of Jane`s baby brother. Jane has spent her life running from her past, living in fear that she has inherited her mother`s demons. Now, Jane must face what actually happened on that fateful, tragic day twenty years ago…