| Author/Contributor(s): | Winterich-Knox, Rebecca |
| Publisher: | Zando |
| Date: | 6/15/2027 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
The coastal estate of Belle Ville sits majestic and imposing on the bluffs above the town of Marmouth, Massachusetts, once a quiet, working-class community turned seasonal playground for wealthy summer residents like Mats Rosenkrantz. Mats has returned to Belle Ville to scatter the ashes of his late wife, June, and reunite with the family that he and his wife were closest to, the Mackenzies—before he sells the house and moves on for good.
But without June, the group’s dynamics have irrevocably changed, and tensions between the two families threaten to boil over. While Robert’s longtime jealousy of Mats’ literary career surges to the surface, his wife Calliope channels her grief into increasingly desperate attempts at spiritual contact with her lost friend. At the same time, their children struggle with their own dilemmas—Bridget, the eldest Mackenzie daughter, is pulled between the affections of troubled Noah Rosenkrantz and her new college girlfriend; and unbeknownst to the others, Eva Mackenzie whiles the hours away posting provocative photos online and meeting up with older men.
When Eva receives a message warning her to keep an eye on Mats, hidden truths about Belle Ville start to come to light. And once she becomes involved with a local who has his own investment in the fate of the beach house, the week’s events take a dangerous turn. Soon, the Rosenkrantz and Mackenzie families are forced to contend with their pasts, themselves, and each other.
A sparkling debut novel reminiscent of The God of the Woods and The Paper Palace, Bodies of Water will leave the reader spellbound as Rebecca Winterich-Knox reveals mesmerizing truths about friendship, marriage, and the intimate claims we make on one another.