The Water's Lovely

9 years ago, Guy, Ismay and Heather's stepfather drowned. Now, Ismay and her sister still live in the same house in Clapham. But it has been divided into two self-contained flats. Their mother lives upstairs with her sister, Pamela. And the bathroom, where Guy drowned, has disappeared. Ismay and Heather get on well. They always have. They never discuss the changes to the house, still less what happened that August day. But, with painful inevitability, the truth will emerge. Ruth Rendell, 2006 Hardcover, Very Good 296 pages 530g 23.6 x 16 x 2.3 cm