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The Drowning

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The Drowning

By: Fiona Lowe
Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley
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Summary

CC Cilento's best memories are of spending every summer holiday running wild in and out of the Friend family beach house with her cousins James, Ollie, Felix and Lily. It's the next best thing to having brothers and sisters. They've continued the summer tradition into adulthood, getting together annually at the shack with its absolute beach frontage.

But now a bombshell has dropped: the four Friend siblings have officially inherited the property – along with an unexpected fifth share to CC. What starts out as the perfect gift, and a way of keeping the family connected forever, quickly devolves into an emotional power struggle. Half of them want to keep the legacy intact, while the others want to sell – and each side will do anything to make it happen. Soon, CC can't tell friend from foe.

When a body is found on the shack's beach, has this family dispute turned deadly?

©2026 Fiona Lowe (P)2026 Bolinda Publishing
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Critic Reviews

'A tale of beautiful-but-deadly beaches, small-town tensions, family secrets and scheming siblings ... No one does dysfunctional families quite like Fiona Lowe.' (Cassie Hamer, author of After the Party)
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