Deepest Lake

Rose has waited three months for answers about the death of her daughter Jules, a twentysomething aspiring writer. Jules feared water, so why was she swimming alone? Why did she stop texting days before she was last seen? The official investigation has ruled the death an accidental drowning, and the body may be lost for good in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, the deepest lake in Central America. Unwilling to accept that, Rose decides to go to the luxury memoir-writing workshop where Jules was staying, hoping to reach her own conclusion and find some closure.

Once there, Rose is drawn into the world built by her daughter's literary hero, the famous writing teacher Eva Marshall, a charismatic woman known for candid and controversial memoirs. As Rose uncovers details about the days leading up to Jules's disappearance, she begins to suspect that the glamorous retreat is hiding ugly truths. Is Lake Atitlán a place where traumatized women come to heal, or one where deeper injury is inflicted?

This atmospheric thriller is also a pointed look at the sometimes toxic, exclusionary world of high-class writing workshops, and a deeply moving portrait of a mother's grief. It is pitched to readers of HBO's The White Lotus, Lisa Jewell and Ashley Audrain.