DEAD WATER: (The Runaway Series Book 1)

FOR FANS OF THE HOUSEMAID, DEAD CALM, AND THE WHITE LOTUS

The party was perfect. So was the trap.

She goes by Dita Novak.

But that's not her real name.

She's hiding something — something that could destroy her. And the last thing she needs is to get involved in someone else's disaster.

Then the guests board the catamaran.

Bennett Hudson is a powerful federal judge with a flawless Highland Park reputation, a stunning second wife, and secrets dark enough to sink them all. Rachael, his meticulously polished PR executive wife, has planned every detail of his surprise fiftieth birthday celebration — the luxury Caribbean charter, the elite guest list, the glittering facade. What she hasn't planned is what happens when the truth surfaces.

Miles from shore. No coast guard in range. No way off.

When the guests begin turning on each other, Dita tells herself to stay invisible. She has her reasons. But when a child aboard the catamaran shows signs that something is very, very wrong, Dita can't stop herself from getting involved.

She never can.

Then a body turns up. And suddenly everyone aboard is wondering the same thing:

Which one of them did it?

They have no idea they're asking the wrong question.

Told in alternating points of view from a cast of characters whose secrets detonate one by one, DEAD WATER is a compulsive, twist-driven psychological thriller set against the breathtaking backdrop of the British Virgin Islands — where the water is beautiful, the danger is real, and nobody is who they appear to be.

A luxury escape with a body count. A survival story disguised as a party. And a woman at the center of it all with everything to lose — and nothing left to hide behind.

Perfect for fans of: The Housemaid • Gone Girl • Dead Calm • The White Lotus • Big Little Lies • The Girl on the Train

DEAD WATER is Book One of The Runaway Series. Every name she buries is one step closer to him. She'll outrun everyone — except the truth.