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The Shimmer on the Water

By: Marina McCarron
Narrated by: Jessica Preddy
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When you're lost sometimes the only way to look forward is to look back...

Three women. Two generations apart. One secret they share.

Maine, 1997. As the people of Fort Meadow Beach celebrate the Fourth of July, four-year-old Daisy Wright disappears and is never seen again.

Maine, Present Day. Fired from her job and heartbroken, Peyton Winchester moves back home for the summer. Bored and aimless, she finds a renewed sense of purpose when an ad for a journalism course reminds her of a path not taken. Returning to life in her hometown brings back all kinds of memories—including Daisy's vanishing when she was a young girl herself.

As Peyton begins her search for the truth, new discoveries begin to intertwine Daisy's past and her present with irreversible consequences.

2024, Independent Press Awards USA, Winner

©2022 Marina McCarron (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing
Family Life Historical Literary Fiction Fiction Heartfelt Maine Suspense

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"A gripping story of the unravelling of a mother's secrets as her daughter searches for answers to a decades-old mystery of a local girl's disappearance. Evocative, suspenseful and beautifully written. I couldn't put it down." (Adrienne Chinn, author of The Three Fry Sisters series)

"I was hooked from the very first page. The emotional layers of this beautifully written book are woven together seamlessly. Absolutely superb!" (Clare Marchant, author of The Secrets of Saffron Hall)

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