Cold Waters

Normal, Alabama, Book 1

By: Debbie Herbert

Narrated by: Megan Tusing, Eric G. Dove, Sophie Amoss, Shannon McManus

An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.

From USA Today bestselling author Debbie Herbert comes a thrilling story of murder and madness set in the darkest corner of Alabama.

Everyone thinks fourteen-year-old Violet is a murderer. After a summer-night swim with her best friend, Ainsley, Violet is found confused, wandering in the forest - and Ainsley’s never seen again. But without a body, murder charges won’t stick, so Violet is sent away.

After more than a decade in a psychiatric ward, Violet returns to her broken-down hometown of Normal, Alabama, to claim her dead mother’s inheritance and help her overworked sister care for their unstable, alcoholic father. Violet, still haunted by that night eleven years ago, endures horrific flashbacks and twisted hallucinations while townsfolk spit accusations - and for all she knows, they’re right.

As the summer heats up, details of Ainsley’s fate appear like a beast’s wild eyes, watching in the darkness, and grim revelations about Violet’s family threaten to devour her. Already on the edge of madness, Violet must fight to keep her sanity long enough for the terrible truth to burst from the cold, dark waters.

©2019 by Debbie Herbert. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

I thoroughly enjoyed the story

This book has characters who popped out and were so real to me. The story had so many surprises there was no way to guess the ending. The narrators gave an amazing performance that was so pleasing to listen to. I loved this book and highly recommend it.

Very enjoyable

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I definitely recommend it and I will be look g for more stories from this author.

Great story!

Loved it! Murder, secrets and ruined lives in the town of Normal, Alabama. Violet and Ainsley are half sisters not getting along, a sickly, alcoholic father , a dead mother and too many secrets.👌

good book

the narrator was good, actually both of them. the story was good too, I recommend this book.

Why did I find this now?

I hate when I find a book that is going to be part of a series and forget to check the dates... really looking forward to number two! 😁