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Corrosion, July 2026
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The Memory Ward, March 2025
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BENEATH CRUEL WATERS
By: Jon Bassoff

Blackstone Publishing
May 2022
On Sale: May 10, 2022
Featuring: Holt Davidson
256 pages
ISBN: 1799938883
EAN: 9781799938880
Kindle: B09N1Q4FTJ
Hardcover / e-Book
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Suspense | Thriller | Literature and Fiction

Holt Davidson, a Kansas firefighter, hasn’t been back to his hometown of Thompsonville, Colorado, for more than two decades, but when he learns that his estranged mother has taken her own life, he returns for the funeral, hoping to make peace with her memory. He spends the night at his childhood home, rummaging through each room, exploring the past. But instead of nostalgic souvenirs, he discovers a gun, a love letter, and a Polaroid photograph of a man lying in his own blood.

Who is the dead man? Was his mother the one who killed him, and, if so, why? Who sent the love letter? And what role did his sister, institutionalized since she was a teenager, play in this act of violence? As his own traumatic memories begin to resurface, Holt begins an investigation into his mother’s and sister’s pasts—as well as his own.