SEARCHING SATURDAY (#1): WATER ON THE COVER

"Always be like a water. Float in the times of pain or dance like waves along the wind which touches its surface."

Santosh Kalwar

*Searching Saturday is a weekly meme created and hosted by Nikki at The Night is Dark and Full of Books. Check it out and participate!

• Things We Thought We Saw in the Water by C. Frazier Jones

Synopsis:

In these eight mesmerizing tales, author C. Frazier Jones takes us to a playground built by imagination, where mermaids ferry the dead to the the afterlife, a husband, long missing, returns as a cat and a vengeful spirit haunts a Pawnee, Oklahoma Walmart, much to the inconvenience of both customers and staff. Overflowing at times with heartbreak, humor and hope,

Things We Thought We Saw in the Water will stay with the you long after you have placed the book aside.

• Dead in the Water (Campbell and Carter Mystery #4) by Ann Granger

Synopsis:

It is the wettest winter on record and as Christmas approaches the rivers burst their banks and the farmers' fields lie under several feet of water. In the village of Weston Saint Ambrose, a young girl's body is seen floating downstream and when it becomes stuck under the jetty at a reclusive writer's home, the author is alarmed to discover that he recognises the victim of a brutal murder...

• Water's Edge by Robert Whitlow

Synopsis:

Sometimes the smallest towns hold the biggest secrets. 

Ambitious young attorney Tom Crane is about to become a partner in a big-city law firm. One final matter has to be cleared from his docket--the closing of his deceased father's law practice in the small town of Bethel. Killed in a tragic boating accident, John Crane didn't leave his son anything except the hassle of a bankrupt estate. 

Then, within twenty-four hours, Tom loses his job, his girlfriend, and his cat. Job didn't have it much worse.

• The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve

Synopsis:

When a photographer researches a legendary crime that took place a century earlier, she immerses herself in the details of the case--and finds herself caught in the grip of an uncontrollable emotion.

• These Granite Islands by Sarah Stonich

Synopsis:

On her deathbed, Isobel -- hat maker, wife, and mother -- recalls the haunting and fateful summer of 1936 when her world was transformed. 

After her husband Victor takes their sons away for the summer to a remote island, Isobel meets Cathryn, a woman who will forever change the way she looks at life. 

An intimate story of friendship, a portrait of marriage, and a glimpse into the depths of loss, the events of this summer become the prism that refracts the essence of Isobel's life.

• Caught By The River by Jeff Barrett, Robin Turner (Editor), Andrew Walsh (Editor)

Synopsis:

From the Thames to the Telford, the Wear to the Wellsbourne; from canoe adventures to ice-skating, from angling to day-dreaming, "Caught by the River" is an exceptional new take on nature writing. 

Here, the writers take you on a journey down some of our most famous waterways and some of its best kept secrets. Funny, surprising, delightful and poignant, they all share one thing - a passion for the rivers of Britain and Ireland. 

The result is a uniquely modern take on an age old writing tradition - a rock 'n' rock nature book ever. 

The authors, many acclaimed and the rest soon to be, each contribute to a collection of writing as varied and unexpected as the rivers themselves. This evocative anthology of the best new nature writing is presented in a collection of essays on some of our favourite rivers, covering the entire length of the country. 

A diverse collection of authors share their thoughts, experiences and reminiscences on the river that means something special to them. 

• The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee

Synopsis:

Sixteen-year-old Rinn Jacobs has secrets: One, she’s bipolar. Two, she killed her grandmother.

After a suicide attempt, and now her parents' separation, Rinn and her mom move from California to the rural Ohio town where her mother grew up. Back on her medications and hoping to stay well, Rinn settles into her new home, undaunted by the fact that the previous owner hanged herself in Rinn's bedroom. 

At school, her classmates believe the school pool is haunted by Annaliese, a girl who drowned there. But when a reckless séance goes awry, and terrible things start happening to her new friends—yet not to her—Rinn is determined to find out why she can’t be "touched" by Annaliese...or if Annaliese even exists.

With the help of Nate Brenner, the hunky “farmer boy” she’s rapidly falling for, Rinn devises a dangerous plan to uncover the truth. Soon reality and fantasy meld into one, till Rinn finds it nearly impossible to tell the difference. When a malevolent force threatens the lives of everyone she cares about--not to mention her own--she can't help wondering: who should she really be afraid of?

Annaliese? Or herself?

• Water (Akasha #1) by Terra Harmony

Synopsis:

Elemental powers in the palm of her hand...and it won't be enough to save her. 

When Kaitlyn Alder is involuntarily introduced to a life of magic, she becomes part of an organization hell-bent on saving the Earth. Just as her new-found life holds promises of purpose, romance, and friendship, the organization divides and a rogue member holds Kaitlyn hostage. 

Now one of the most terrifying men the human race has to offer stands between her and Earth's survival.